Thursday, December 12, 2019

200k, 27M YBP?

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In The Atlantic today, a summary of a new article in Science Advances this week about speech evolution: https://www.theatlantic.com/scie...
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Monday, August 19, 2019

Herb Terrace on Nim and Noam

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From my colleague Greg Ball, news about a new blog  and book by Herb Terrace which will ask how words evolved (as opposed to grammar).
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Monday, July 8, 2019

Interesting Post Doc possibility for linguists with cogneuro interests

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William Matchin sent me this post doc opportunity for posting on FoL A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available at the University of Sou...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Postdoc position at South Carolina

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A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available at the University of South Carolina, under the direction of Prof. William Matchin in the NeuroSy...
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Monday, June 17, 2019

The speed of evolution in domestication

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In PNAS today an article on "Evolution of facial muscle anatomy in dogs" which argues for an adaptation of canine facial anatomy ...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Bees learn symbols for the numbers 2 and 3

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In PTRSB today, bees learned to associate "N" with groups of 2, and "⊥" with groups of  3. From the discussion: "...
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Friday, May 17, 2019

Why do geese honk?

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A question to CBC Radio 's Quirks and Quarks program, "Why do Canada geese honk while migrating?" The answer the CBC gives is...
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