Hypotheses
- Speakers of closely related languages will tend to use similar types of weaving loomsBuckley, Christopher D. - Contrasting Modes of Cultural Evolution: Kra-Dai Languages and Weaving Techn..., 2025 - 2 Variables
Languages and weaving methods are passed down generation to generation, allowing both of them to have relatively clear phylogenies. These researchers use a Bayesian approach with Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to uncover similar but independent phylogenies for Kra-Dai languages and weaving technologies. Evolutionary differences between the two are most likely due to different rates of change: smooth change (language) and periods of burst and stasis (weaving). This study found that language phylogenies were not efficient at predicting phylogenies of technologies.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Kra-Dai language and loom phylogenies will evolve along related but different pathsBuckley, Christopher D. - Contrasting Modes of Cultural Evolution: Kra-Dai Languages and Weaving Techn..., 2025 - 2 Variables
Languages and weaving methods are passed down generation to generation, allowing both of them to have relatively clear phylogenies. These researchers use a Bayesian approach with Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to uncover similar but independent phylogenies for Kra-Dai languages and weaving technologies. Evolutionary differences between the two are most likely due to different rates of change: smooth change (language) and periods of burst and stasis (weaving). This study found that language phylogenies were not efficient at predicting phylogenies of technologies.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Language phylogeny will predict a significant part of the variation in weaving loomsBuckley, Christopher D. - Contrasting Modes of Cultural Evolution: Kra-Dai Languages and Weaving Techn..., 2025 - 2 Variables
Languages and weaving methods are passed down generation to generation, allowing both of them to have relatively clear phylogenies. These researchers use a Bayesian approach with Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to uncover similar but independent phylogenies for Kra-Dai languages and weaving technologies. Evolutionary differences between the two are most likely due to different rates of change: smooth change (language) and periods of burst and stasis (weaving). This study found that language phylogenies were not efficient at predicting phylogenies of technologies.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Most basic loom features will evolve slower than traits at higher levels of intricacyBuckley, Christopher D. - Contrasting Modes of Cultural Evolution: Kra-Dai Languages and Weaving Techn..., 2025 - 2 Variables
Languages and weaving methods are passed down generation to generation, allowing both of them to have relatively clear phylogenies. These researchers use a Bayesian approach with Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to uncover similar but independent phylogenies for Kra-Dai languages and weaving technologies. Evolutionary differences between the two are most likely due to different rates of change: smooth change (language) and periods of burst and stasis (weaving). This study found that language phylogenies were not efficient at predicting phylogenies of technologies.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Technologies will evolve in bursts and periods of stasisBuckley, Christopher D. - Contrasting Modes of Cultural Evolution: Kra-Dai Languages and Weaving Techn..., 2025 - 2 Variables
Languages and weaving methods are passed down generation to generation, allowing both of them to have relatively clear phylogenies. These researchers use a Bayesian approach with Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to uncover similar but independent phylogenies for Kra-Dai languages and weaving technologies. Evolutionary differences between the two are most likely due to different rates of change: smooth change (language) and periods of burst and stasis (weaving). This study found that language phylogenies were not efficient at predicting phylogenies of technologies.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Weaving motifs will originate in the late Bronze Age Dong-Son cultureBuckley, Christopher D. - Investigating Cultural Evolution Using Phylogenetic Analysis: The Origins an..., 2012 - 1 Variables
Ikat and warp weaving techniques have a long history in Southeastern Asia and tend to be the most geographically widespread in the region. This researcher uses Bayesian and Neighbornet techniques to create models of phylogenetic descent and distribution of SE Asian weaving traditions. These findings do not support the theory of late Bronze Age Dong-Son descent.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Southeast Asia warp ikat weaving traditions will have common ancestryBuckley, Christopher D. - Investigating Cultural Evolution Using Phylogenetic Analysis: The Origins an..., 2012 - 0 Variables
Ikat and warp weaving techniques have a long history in Southeastern Asia and tend to be the most geographically widespread in the region. This researcher uses Bayesian and Neighbornet techniques to create models of phylogenetic descent and distribution of SE Asian weaving traditions. These findings do not support the theory of late Bronze Age Dong-Son descent.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - A Bayesian tree will accurately represent the line of descent of warp ikat weaving traditionsBuckley, Christopher D. - Investigating Cultural Evolution Using Phylogenetic Analysis: The Origins an..., 2012 - 0 Variables
Ikat and warp weaving techniques have a long history in Southeastern Asia and tend to be the most geographically widespread in the region. This researcher uses Bayesian and Neighbornet techniques to create models of phylogenetic descent and distribution of SE Asian weaving traditions. These findings do not support the theory of late Bronze Age Dong-Son descent.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - There will be some broad scale congruence between language and weaving traditions, with differences at local levelsBuckley, Christopher D. - Investigating Cultural Evolution Using Phylogenetic Analysis: The Origins an..., 2012 - 0 Variables
Ikat and warp weaving techniques have a long history in Southeastern Asia and tend to be the most geographically widespread in the region. This researcher uses Bayesian and Neighbornet techniques to create models of phylogenetic descent and distribution of SE Asian weaving traditions. These findings do not support the theory of late Bronze Age Dong-Son descent.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Grammatical features of language tend to change at a slower rate than basic vocabulary.Greenhill, Simon J. - Evolutionary dynamics of language systems, 2017 - 2 Variables
How do subsystems of language evolve over time? It is commonly assumed that grammatical changes of language are slower than vocabulary changes. Using a Dirichlet process mixture model to analyze rates of language evolution in 81 Austronesian languages, the authors find that to the contrary, the grammatical features of language tend to change at a faster rate than basic vocabulary. Furthermore, their results show that grammatical features have higher rates of homoplasy, more frequent contact-induced change, and less deliberate differentiation than basic vocabulary.
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