Cultural bias in AI models? spot the GPTs Fascinating paper by Tao et al: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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Simon J. Greenhill
I study how languages and cultures evolve. Primarily with phylogenies and other assorted computational methods. Based at @Biology_UoA. Never met a language phylogeny or a cultural phylogeny I didn't like. #phylolinguistics
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🔴 We have a fun thing for you today in @nature.com - a game! We took the latest research into Mars terraforming and transformed it into an interactive adventure. 🌿 How would you make the red planet green? Try your hand and see if you can win. 🧪 www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Can you terraform Mars? Try Nature’s gameOnce the realm of science fiction, the idea of making Mars habitable is gaining traction. Nature consulted with key scientists to develop this experimental adventure.www.nature.com
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I made a tutorial on how to plot grambank data with R for my grad students, thought I'd share while I'm at it. If I get around to doing part 2 (adding the second data set, highlighting one language), I'll keep you posted.
Creating a typological map with RIn this tutorial, we learn how to create a typological map with R, in R studio. This is the first part, in which we plot data from Grambank to a map of Cameroonmedia.hhu.deGreat! Looks useful Btw: seen my rcldf package? Aims to make using these types of data much easier. Keen for more people to test it out! github.com/simongreenhi...
GitHub - SimonGreenhill/rcldf: rcldf - The R library for reading CLDF filesrcldf - The R library for reading CLDF files. Contribute to SimonGreenhill/rcldf development by creating an account on GitHub.github.com
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I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab
MBIE has released the details on the New Zealand's "Transition Research Fund". It transitions research the way a hospice transitions patients. scienceskillsandinnovation.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tujiik...
Transition Research Fund 2027 | Ministry of Business, Innovation & EmploymentThe 2027 Transition Research Fund ensures we continue to support great ideas from inception all the way through to the benefits they deliver for New Zealand. The fund supports high quality foundationa...scienceskillsandinnovation.cmail20.com
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Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. https://scim.ag/4xY2KCm
Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders sayUnexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal yearwww.science.org
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Nueva estimación para la divergencia de los linajes chimpancé y humano: 8,69-7,28 Ma. Parting ways: Pan-Homo divergence revisited
Parting ways: Pan-Homo divergence revisited - PrimatesThe timing of divergence between hominins and the bonobo-chimpanzee clade has been at the core of palaeoanthropological debate for over a century. The earliest molecular studies indicated divergence…link.springer.com⟳ Репост от Simon J. Greenhill
From love songs to lullabies, songs spanning the globe—despite their diversity—exhibit universal patterns, according to the first comprehensive scientific analysis of the similarities and differences of music across societies around the world. Learn more on #WorldMusicDay: https://scim.ag/43Ct5Ib
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Long-term isolation and archaic introgression shape functional genetic variation in Near Oceania www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Long-term isolation and archaic introgression shape functional genetic variation in Near OceaniaNear Oceanic populations harbor substantial cultural, phenotypic, and genetic diversity yet are drastically underrepresented in human genomics. We generated 177 high-coverage Near Oceanian whole genom...www.science.org