Cultural evolution is not independent of linguistic evolution and social aspects of language use
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22001285
Abstract: Abstract The bifocal stance theory (BST) focuses on cultural evolution without alluding to associated processes in linguistic evolution and language use. The authors briefly comment on language acquisition but leave underexplored the applicability of BST… read more here.
Keywords: cultural evolution; evolution independent; language use; language ... See more keywords
Adaptive laboratory evolution and independent component analysis disentangle complex vancomycin adaptation trajectories
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2118262119
Abstract: Significance Infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Vancomycin is a last-line antibiotic used to treat MRSA infections; however, strains with decreased susceptibility to vancomycin (vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus [VISA])… read more here.
Keywords: adaptive laboratory; vancomycin; laboratory evolution; component analysis ... See more keywords
Is History the Same as Evolution? No. Is it Independent of Evolution? Certainly Not
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DOI: 10.1177/14747049211069137
Abstract: History is full of violence and oppression within and between groups, and although group conflicts enhance within-group cooperation (mediated by oxytocin, which promotes parochial altruism) the hierarchy within groups ensures that spoils accrue very unevenly.… read more here.
Keywords: history; history evolution; group; reproductive success ... See more keywords