Publications

Ladd, D. R., & Dediu, D. (in press). Genes and linguistic tone. In H. Pashler, T. Crane, M. Kinsbourne, F. Ferreira, & R. Zemel (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the mind. Sage Publications.

Dediu, D. (2009). Genetic biasing through cultural transmission: Do simple Bayesian models of language evolution generalize? Journal of Theoretical Biology, 259, 552-561. more >
Hurford, J. R., & Dediu, D. (2009). Diversity in language, genes and the language faculty. In R. Botha, & C. Knight (Eds.), The cradle of language (pp. 167-188). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Dediu, D. (2008). Causal correlations between genes and linguistic features: The mechanism of gradual language evolution. In A. D. M. Smith, K. Smith, & R. Ferrer i Cancho (Eds.), The evolution of language: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference (EVOLANG7) (pp. 83-90). Singapore: World Scientific Press. more >
Dediu, D. (2008). The role of genetic biases in shaping the correlations between languages and genes. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 254, 400-407. more >
Ladd, D. R., Dediu, D., & Kinsella, A. R. (2008). Languages and genes: reflections on biolinguistics and the nature-nurture question. Biolinguistics, 2(1), 114-126. more >
Ladd, D. R., Dediu, D., & Kinsella, A. R. (2008). Reply to Bowles (2008). Biolinguistics, 2(2), 256-259. more >

Dediu, D. (2007). Non-spurious correlations between genetic and linguistic diversities in the context of human evolution. Thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. more >
Dediu, D., & Ladd, D. R. (2007). Linguistic tone is related to the population frequency of the adaptive haplogroups of two brain size genes, ASPM and Microcephalin. PNAS, 104, 10944-10949. more >

Dediu, D. (2006). Mostly out of Africa, but what did the others have to say? In A. Cangelosi, A. D. M. Smith, & K. Smith (Eds.), The evolution of language: proceedings of the 6th International Conference (EVOLANG6) (pp. 59-66). World Scientific. more >

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