Environmental conditions do not predict diversification rates in the Bantu languages
The global distribution of language diversity mirrors that of several variables related to ecosystem productivity. It has been argued that this is driven by the size of social networks, which tend to be larger in harsher climates to ensure food security, leading to reduced language divergence. Is th...
Main Authors: | Robert Beyer, Joy S. Singarayer, Jay T. Stock, Andrea Manica |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-10-01
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Series: | Heliyon |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019362905 |
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