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The evolution of language families is shaped by the environment beyond neutral drift

Bentz et al. estimate the phylogenetic signals of environmental factors and population size on more than 6,000 phylogenetic trees of 46 language families and find that environment influences the evolution of language families beyond neutral drift.

Christian Bentz
Dan Dediu
Gerhard Jäger
Research05 Nov 2018
Nature Human Behaviour

Volume: 2, P: 816-821
Weak biases emerging from vocal tract anatomy shape the repeated transmission of vowels

Does anatomy affect cross-linguistic differences? Using computer models of the vocal tract, Dediu et al modelled how vowels are learned and transmitted across generations. Simulations show how variations in the hard palate contribute to phonetic diversity.

Dan Dediu
Rick Janssen
Scott R. Moisik
Research19 Aug 2019
Nature Human Behaviour

Volume: 3, P: 1107-1115
Not just the alveolar trill, but all “r-like” sounds are associated with roughness across languages, pointing to a more general link between sound and touch

Rémi Anselme
François Pellegrino
Dan Dediu
ResearchOpen Access15 Apr 2025
Scientific Reports

Volume: 15, P: 1-4
Foraging postures are a potential communicative signal in female bonobos

Elisa Demuru
François Pellegrino
Florence Levréro
ResearchOpen Access24 Sept 2020
Scientific Reports

Volume: 10, P: 1-7
Reply to: Sunlight exposure cannot explain "grue" languages

Mathilde Josserand
Emma Meeussen
Asifa Majid
ResearchOpen Access01 Feb 2023
Scientific Reports

Volume: 13, P: 1-3
Environment and culture shape both the colour lexicon and the genetics of colour perception

Mathilde Josserand
Emma Meeussen
Dan Dediu
ResearchOpen Access27 Sept 2021
Scientific Reports

Volume: 11, P: 1-11
Novel vocalizations are understood across cultures

Aleksandra Ćwiek
Susanne Fuchs
Marcus Perlman
ResearchOpen Access12 May 2021
Scientific Reports

Volume: 11, P: 1-12
Persistence and transmission of recessive deafness and sign language: new insights from village sign languages

Alessandro Gialluisi
Dan Dediu
Simon E Fisher
Correspondence16 Jan 2013
European Journal of Human Genetics

Volume: 21, P: 894-896