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Projects:
Recent Papers:
New paper in Science: Mapping the origins and expansion of the Indo-European language family.
More Information: Project website, Frequently Asked Questions, Media Coverage, Indo-European Lexical Cognacy Database.
Evolved structure of language shows lineage-specific trends in word-order universals.
More Information: More details, Are languages shaped by culture or cognition?, Universal Truths.
Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific.
More Information:
Listen to the Nature Podcast here,
and see News & Views article by Jared Diamond,
or the coverage at Nature News.
Language Phylogenies Reveal Pulses and Pauses in Pacific Settlement.
More Information: Frequently Asked Questions about this research, Interview with Pacific Pulse, Interview with Tagata Pasifika, Language Log post on the paper, New Scientist Magazine article.
Publications:
- Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific. - Currie et al2010
- On the shape and fabric of human history - Gray et al2010
- Is horizontal transmission really a problem for phylogenetic comparative methods? A simulation study using continuous cultural traits - Currie et al2010 b
- The shape and tempo of language evolution - Greenhill et al2010b
- How Accurate and Robust Are the Phylogenetic Estimates of Austronesian Language Relationships? - Greenhill et al2010a
- Austronesian language phylogenies: myths and misconceptions about Bayesian computational methods - Greenhill and Gray2009
- Does horizontal transmission invalidate cultural phylogenies? - Greenhill et al2009
- Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies - Jordan et al2009
- Language Phylogenies Reveal Expansion Pulses and Pauses in Pacific Settlement - Gray et al2009
- The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics - Greenhill et al2008
- See More Publications...
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Database News:
- 2024-07-17 00:41:14 (austronesian): Added Tomoip from Barlow & Killian (2023a), Barlow & Killian (2023b), Barlow 2024, Parkinson (1907), Grace (1955), and Ross (1977–1982).
- 2024-07-17 00:37:00 (austronesian): Added Kuanua (Makada) from Barlow (2024).
- 2024-04-18 08:12:12 (austronesian): Added Mahakam Kayan from DeAndré A. Espree-Conaway. Thanks to DeAndré A. Espree-Conaway
- 2024-04-18 08:12:06 (austronesian): Added Bahau from DeAndré A. Espree-Conaway. Thanks to DeAndré A. Espree-Conaway
- 2024-04-18 08:11:47 (austronesian): Added Wehea (Wahau) from DeAndré A. Espree-Conaway. Thanks to DeAndré A. Espree-Conaway
