Starter packs seem all the rage so here’s a cultural evolution one go.bsky.app/6mZJyQq
Three months until #ALS2024 in Canberra – we look forward to seeing you there!
The annual conference of the Australian Linguistic Society will be held at the Australian National University on 26-29 November 2024.
Some coverage from the NZ Herald of our recent study (science.org/doi/10.1126/...www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/reveale...
Researchers from 46 countries are looking at cross-cultural similarities in group singing.
❗️Delays expected for 2025 Fellowship schemes Last week the ARC informed research offices that the next round of DECRAs, Future Fellowships & Laureate Fellowships will be delayed by up to 6 months! Apps won’t open until “early-to-mid” 2025!
Our "Many Voices" 75-author collaboration led by Yuto Ozaki finding global regularities in music-speech relationships is now out on the cover of Science Advances: science.org/doi/10.1126/...youtu.be/a4eNNrdcfDM
some extremely exciting personal news: cass.anu.edu.au/news/carolin...
I've had some fun talking about this project on national and local radio, with ABC NewsRadio, ABC Canberra, and 2CC radio. The paper was also covered by Forbes alongside a paper by @YutoOzaki1 which you should also read: forbes.com/sites/evaams...science.org/doi/10.1126/sc
In this work, the correlation btw music, language and genes does not closely align, which I think extends Chiara Barbieri's work on matches and mismatches in language & genes. A future exploration is to have a tripartite mode & to build complex cultural histories shorturl.at/fBL12
Human history is written in both our genes and our languages. The extent to which our biological and linguistic histories are congruent has been th...
Published with support and patience of my collaborators @patrickesavage.bsky.social@dorshilton.bsky.social , and Quentin Atkinson
My new paper at NatureComms tells us that musical style holds a historical signal. We show that in five dimensions of musical style, there is geographic autocorrelation and treelike structure similar to level that we see in models of language evolution. t.co/wngVULl8Jz
