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| Please recommend me some sources on human evolution | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 2 2016, 11:59 AM (445 Views) | |
| Sayornis | Apr 2 2016, 11:59 AM Post #1 |
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Since lots of speccers are quite knowledgeable about real non-speculative evolution, I figured that here would be a good place for this query. I'm beginning a PhD program in the fall and will be focusing on the evolution of human language. I'd like to prepare myself by learning more about human evolution in general. So I'd very much appreciate recommendations of up-to-date, preferably non-technical sources on the evolution of the genus Homo and particularly H. sapiens-- books, websites, documentaries, whatever. |
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| Even | Apr 2 2016, 12:02 PM Post #2 |
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Seven Million Years by Douglas Palmer is a fun read, although rather outdated (twas released in 2005) |
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| Vorsa | Apr 2 2016, 12:36 PM Post #3 |
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Mysterious tundra-dwelling humanoid
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Well Wikipedia is always the go-to but you have to bear in mind the fact that it can be edited. Which aspects of human language are you writing about btw as this may be of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCn8zs912OE |
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| Sayornis | Apr 2 2016, 01:11 PM Post #4 |
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When I use Wikipedia it's mostly to find citations for more reliable and scholarly sources. Although one of my professors says that its coverage of linguistics is actually quite good. Zipf's law has come up a few times in my work so far, so that video is relevant! Statistics is another subject I should learn more about, since it's used so much in the biological sciences. At this early stage I am not sure what I'll be doing for my dissertation exactly-- that's a year or two off-- but learning more about relevant subject areas will help me find a focus. One topic I might be looking at is the evolution of syntactic recursion. There's a lot of controversy about this, both whether it's truly a universal trait of human language (you might have heard of the Piraha) and whether any related abilities exist in nonhuman species (especially starlings). Thanks for the book recommendation too, Even. Edited by Sayornis, Apr 2 2016, 01:12 PM.
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| Carlos | Apr 2 2016, 02:24 PM Post #5 |
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Adveho in me Lucifero
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Genesis. |
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| Sayornis | Apr 2 2016, 03:00 PM Post #6 |
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![]() Wow, I totally didn't see that one coming about a parsec away. |
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| Carlos | Apr 2 2016, 05:34 PM Post #7 |
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Adveho in me Lucifero
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I've considered the Enuma Elish, but I've been told I overestimate people's intelligence too many times. |
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| Canis Lupis | Apr 3 2016, 01:03 AM Post #8 |
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Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.
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Out of curiosity, Sayornis, does your PhD program look at human linguistic evolution from a mainly biological perspective or from mainly a linguistic/anthropological (as in cultural anthropology rather than biological anthropology) perspective? Both are quite linked, but I'm just curious. I'm mostly interested in such questions of linguistic development from the latter angle (seeing as I'm primarily a student of history), but was curious as to the nature of this particular PhD program. |
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