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Preprints

Preprint Trans-New Guinea New Guinea
Tentatively tracing Trans‐New Guinea: A phylogenetic evaluation of potential deeper relationships.
Greenhill SJ. In Press. Tentatively tracing Trans‐New Guinea: A phylogenetic evaluation of potential deeper relationships. In Evans N & Fedden S (Eds). The Oxford Guide to the Papuan Languages. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
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  title = {Tentatively tracing Trans‐New Guinea: A phylogenetic evaluation of potential deeper relationships.},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  publisher = {Center for Open Science},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.31235/osf.io/628cv},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/tentatively-tracing-trans-new-guinea/},
}
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2026

rcldf: R library for reading CLDF files

Greenhill SJ. 2026. rcldf: R library for reading CLDF files. Journal of Open Source Software, 11(125), 10811.

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@article{Greenhill2026,
  title = {rcldf: R library for reading CLDF files},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
  volume = {11},
  number = {125},
  pages = {10811},
  publisher = {The Open Journal},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.21105/joss.10811},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/rcldf/},
}

Demographic shifts, inter-group contact, and environmental conditions drive language extinction and diversification

Pacheco Coelho MT, Haynie HJ, Bowern C, Colwell RK, Greenhill SJ, Kirby KR, Rangel TF, Gavin MC. 2026. Demographic shifts, inter-group contact, and environmental conditions drive language extinction and diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 293: 20242361.

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@article{Coelho2026,
  title = {Demographic shifts, inter-group contact, and environmental conditions drive language extinction and diversification},
  author = {Coelho, Marco Túlio Pacheco and Haynie, Hannah J. and Bowern, Claire and Colwell, Robert K. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Kirby, Kathryn R. and Rangel, Thiago F. and Gavin, Michael C.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {293},
  number = {2063},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2024.2361},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/demographic-shifts-intergroup-contact-language-extinction/},
}

2025

Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity.

Ejova A, Sheehan O, Bouckaert R, Greenhill SJ, Krátký J, Kotherová S, Cigán J, Kundtová Klocová E, Kundt R, Watts J, Bulbulia J, Atkinson QD & Gray RD. 2025. Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 7, e43.

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@article{Ejova2025,
  title = {Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity.},
  author = {Ejova, Anastasia and Sheehan, Oliver and Bouckaert, Remco R. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Krátký, Jan and Kotherová, Silvie and Cigán, Jakub and Klocová, Eva Kundtová and Kundt, Radek and Watts, Joseph and Bulbulia, Joseph and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Evolutionary Human Sciences},
  volume = {7},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1017/ehs.2025.10027},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/global-religious-diversity/},
}

Enduring constraints on grammar revealed by Bayesian spatiophylogenetic analyses.

Verkerk A, Shcherbakova O, Haynie HJ, Skirgård H, Rzymski C, Atkinson QD, Greenhill SJ & Gray RD. 2025. Enduring constraints on grammar revealed by Bayesian spatiophylogenetic analyses. Nature Human Behaviour. 10, 126-136.

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@article{Verkerk2025,
  title = {Enduring constraints on grammar revealed by Bayesian spatiophylogenetic analyses.},
  author = {Verkerk, Annemarie and Shcherbakova, Olena and Haynie, Hannah J. and Skirgård, Hedvig and Rzymski, Christoph and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Nature Human Behaviour},
  volume = {10},
  number = {1},
  pages = {126--136},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1038/s41562-025-02325-z},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/enduring-constraints-on-grammar/},
}

A solid base for scaling up: the structure of numeration systems.

Pelland J-C, Greenhill SJ, Walworth M, & Bender A. 2025. A solid base for scaling up: the structure of numeration systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 380: 1937.

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@article{Pelland2025,
  title = {A solid base for scaling up: the structure of numeration systems.},
  author = {Pelland, Jean-Charles and Greenhill, Simon J. and Walworth, Mary and Bender, Andrea M.},
  journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {380},
  number = {1937},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1098/rstb.2024.0207},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/a-solid-base-for-scaling-up/},
}

Different models, different assumptions, different findings.

Shcherbakova O, Gast V, Greenhill SJ, Blasi DE, Gray RD, & Skirgård H. 2025. Different models, different assumptions, different findings: commentary on 'Replication and methodological robustness in quantitative typology' by Becker and Guzmán Naranjo. Linguistic Typology, 29, 587-590.

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@article{Shcherbakova2025,
  title = {Different models, different assumptions, different findings.},
  author = {Shcherbakova, Olena and Gast, Volker and Greenhill, Simon J. and Blasi, Damián E. and Gray, Russell D. and Skirgård, Hedvig},
  journal = {Linguistic Typology},
  volume = {29},
  number = {3},
  pages = {587--590},
  publisher = {Walter de Gruyter GmbH},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1515/lingty-2025-0022},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/different-models-assumptions-findings/},
}

Lexibank 2: pre-computed features for large-scale lexical data.

Blum F, List JM, Barrientos C, Englisch J, Forkel R, Greenhill SJ & Rzymski C. 2025. Lexibank 2: pre-computed features for large-scale lexical data.. Open Research Europe, 5:126.

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@article{Blum2025,
  title = {Lexibank 2: pre-computed features for large-scale lexical data.},
  author = {Blum, Frederic and List, Johann-Mattis and Barrientos, Carlos and Englisch, Johannes and Forkel, Robert and Greenhill, Simon J. and Rzymski, Christoph},
  journal = {Open Research Europe},
  volume = {5},
  pages = {126},
  publisher = {F1000 Research Ltd},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.12688/openreseurope.20216.2},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/lexibank2-pre-computed-features-for-large-scale-lexical-data/},
}

Next generation language phylogenies

Greenhill SJ. 2025. Next generation language phylogenies. Diachronica, 42(2), 137-160.

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@article{Greenhill2025,
  title = {Next generation language phylogenies},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Diachronica},
  volume = {42},
  number = {2},
  pages = {137--160},
  publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing Company},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1075/dia.25023.bow},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/next-generation-language-phylogenies/},
}

Projected speaker numbers and dormancy risks of Canada’s Indigenous languages

Boissonneault M, Tallman A, Gast V & Greenhill SJ. 2025. Projected speaker numbers and dormancy risks of Canada’s Indigenous languages. Royal Society Open Science. 12241091.

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@article{Boissonneault2025,
  title = {Projected speaker numbers and dormancy risks of Canada’s Indigenous languages},
  author = {Boissonneault, Michaël and Tallman, Adam and Gast, Volker and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Royal Society Open Science},
  volume = {12},
  number = {2},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1098/rsos.241091},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/projected-speaker-numbers-of-canadas-indigenous-languages/},
}

2024

Methods in Malayo-Polynesian comparative-historical linguistics

Ross M, & Greenhill SJ. 2024. Methods in Malayo-Polynesian comparative-historical linguistics. In Adelaar A & Schapper A (Eds) The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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@article{Ross2024,
  title = {Methods in Malayo-Polynesian comparative-historical linguistics},
  author = {Ross, Malcolm and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia},
  pages = {25--34},
  publisher = {Oxford University PressOxford},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1093/oso/9780198807353.003.0003},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/methods-in-malayo-polynesian-comparative-historical-linguistics/},
}

Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Philippine languages supports a rapid migration of Malayo Polynesian languages

King B, Greenhill SJ, Reid LA, Ross M, Walworth M, & Gray R. 2024. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Philippine languages supports a rapid migration of Malayo Polynesian languages. Scientific Reports, 14, 14967.

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@article{King2024,
  title = {Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Philippine languages supports a rapid migration of Malayo Polynesian languages},
  author = {King, Benedict and Greenhill, Simon J. and Reid, Lawrence A. and Ross, Malcolm D. and Walworth, Mary and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Scientific Reports},
  volume = {14},
  number = {1},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1038/s41598-024-65810-x},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/bayesian-phylogenetic-philippines-malayo-polynesian/},
}

The evolutionary dynamics of how languages signal who does what to whom

Shcherbakova O, Blasi DE, Gast V, Skirgård H, Gray RD, & Greenhill SJ. 2024. The evolutionary dynamics of how languages signal who does what to whom. Scientific Reports, 14, 7259.

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@article{Shcherbakova2024,
  title = {The evolutionary dynamics of how languages signal who does what to whom},
  author = {Shcherbakova, Olena and Blasi, Damián E. and Gast, Volker and Skirgård, Hedvig and Gray, Russell D. and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Scientific Reports},
  volume = {14},
  number = {1},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1038/s41598-024-51542-5},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/evolutionary-dynamics-who-does-what-to-whom/},
}

2023

Variation in phoneme inventories: quantifying the problem and improving comparability

Anderson C, Tresoldi T, Greenhill SJ, Forkel R, Gray RD & List JML. 2023. Variation in phoneme inventories: quantifying the problem and improving comparability. Journal of Language Evolution, 11, lzad011.

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@article{Anderson2023,
  title = {Variation in phoneme inventories: quantifying the problem and improving comparability},
  author = {Anderson, Cormac and Tresoldi, Tiago and Greenhill, Simon J. and Forkel, Robert and Gray, Russell D. and List, Johann-Mattis},
  journal = {Journal of Language Evolution},
  volume = {8},
  number = {2},
  pages = {149--168},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1093/jole/lzad011},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/measuring-variation-phoneme-inventories/},
}

Societies of strangers do not speak grammatically simpler languages

Shcherbakova O, Michaelis SM, Haynie HJ, Passmore S, Gast V, Gray RD, Greenhill SJ, Blasi DE, & Skirgård H. 2023. Societies of strangers do not speak grammatically simpler languages. Science Advances, 9 (33), eadf7704.

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@article{Shcherbakova2023,
  title = {Societies of strangers do not speak grammatically simpler languages},
  author = {Shcherbakova, Olena and Michaelis, Susanne Maria and Haynie, Hannah J. and Passmore, Sam and Gast, Volker and Gray, Russell D. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Blasi, Damián E. and Skirgård, Hedvig},
  journal = {Science Advances},
  volume = {9},
  number = {33},
  publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1126/sciadv.adf7704},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/societies-strangers-grammatically-simpler-languages/},
}

A shared foundation of language change

Greenhill SJ. 2023. A shared foundation of language change. Science, 6656, 374-375.

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@article{Greenhill2023,
  title = {A shared foundation of language change},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Science},
  volume = {381},
  number = {6656},
  pages = {374--375},
  publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1126/science.adj2154},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/shared-foundation-of-language-change/},
}

Language trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languages

Heggarty PH et al. 2023. Language trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languages. Science, 381, abg0818.

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@article{Heggarty2023,
  title = {Language trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languages},
  author = {Heggarty, Paul and Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew and King, Benedict and Bouckaert, Remco R. and Jocz, Lechosław and Kümmel, Martin Joachim and Jügel, Thomas and Irslinger, Britta and Pooth, Roland and Liljegren, Henrik and Strand, Richard F. and Haig, Geoffrey and Macák, Martin and Kim, Ronald I. and Anonby, Erik and Pronk, Tijmen and Belyaev, Oleg and Dewey-Findell, Tonya Kim and Boutilier, Matthew and Freiberg, Cassandra and Tegethoff, Robert and Serangeli, Matilde and Liosis, Nikos and Stroński, Krzysztof and Schulte, Kim and Gupta, Ganesh Kumar and Haak, Wolfgang and Krause, Johannes and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Kühnert, Denise and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Science},
  volume = {381},
  number = {6656},
  publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1126/science.abg0818},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/indoeuropean-hybrid-origins/},
}

Subgrouping in a `dialect continuum': A Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of the Mixtecan language family

Auderset S, Greenhill SJ, DiCanio CT & Campbell EW. 2023. Subgrouping in a 'dialect continuum': A Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of the Mixtecan language family. Journal of Language Evolution.

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@article{Auderset2023,
  title = {Subgrouping in a `dialect continuum': A Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of the Mixtecan language family},
  author = {Auderset, Sandra and Greenhill, Simon J. and DiCanio, Christian T. and Campbell, Eric W.},
  journal = {Journal of Language Evolution},
  volume = {8},
  number = {1},
  pages = {33--63},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1093/jole/lzad004},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/subgrouping-dialect-continuum-mixtecan/},
}

Kinbank: A global database of kinship terminology

Passmore S, Barth W, Greenhill SJ, Quinn K, Sheard C, Argyriou P, Birchall J, Bowern C, Calladine J, Deb A, Diederen A, Metsäranta NP, Araujo LH, Schembri R, Hickey-Hall J, Honkola T, Mitchell A, Poole L, Rácz PM, Roberts SG, Ross RM, Thomas-Colquhoun E, Evans N, Jordan FM. 2023. Kinbank: A global database of kinship terminology. PLoS One, 18(5), e0283218.

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@article{Passmore2023,
  title = {Kinbank: A global database of kinship terminology},
  author = {Passmore, Sam and Barth, Wolfgang and Greenhill, Simon J. and Quinn, Kyla and Sheard, Catherine and Argyriou, Paraskevi and Birchall, Joshua and Bowern, Claire and Calladine, Jasmine and Deb, Angarika and Diederen, Anouk and Metsäranta, Niklas P. and Araujo, Luis Henrique and Schembri, Rhiannon and Hickey-Hall, Jo and Honkola, Terhi and Mitchell, Alice and Poole, Lucy and Rácz, Péter M. and Roberts, Seán G. and Ross, Robert M. and Thomas-Colquhoun, Ewan and Evans, Nicholas and Jordan, Fiona M.},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  volume = {18},
  number = {5},
  pages = {e0283218},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0283218},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/kinbank-global-database-kinship-terminology/},
}

Language Phylogenies: Modelling the evolution of language.

Greenhill SJ. 2023. Language Phylogenies. The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution, C61P1-C61P248.

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@article{Greenhill2023,
  title = {Language Phylogenies: Modelling the evolution of language.},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution},
  pages = {726--744},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.61},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/language-phylogenies-handbook/},
}

Grambank
Grambank’s Typological Advances Support Computational Research on Diverse Languages
Haynie H, Blasi DE, Skirgård H, Greenhill SJ, Atkinson QD, & Gray RD. Grambank’s Typological Advances Support Computational Research on Diverse Languages. In Beinborn L, Goswami K, Muradoğlu S, Sorokin A, Kumar R, Shcherbakov A, Ponti EM, Cotterell R & Vylomova E. Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Research in Computational Linguistic Typology and Multilingual NLP (SIGTYP). Association for Computational Linguistics: Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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@misc{Haynie2023,
  title = {Grambank’s Typological Advances Support Computational Research on Diverse Languages},
  author = {Haynie, Hannah J. and Blasi, Damián E. and Skirgård, Hedvig and Greenhill, Simon J. and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Gray, Russell D.},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/grambank-sigtyp/},
}
```

Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss

Skirgård H ....Greenhill SJ, Atkinson QD, & Gray RD. 2023. Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss. Science Advances, 9, eadg6175.

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@article{Skirgård2023,
title = {Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss},
author = {Skirgård, Hedvig and Haynie, Hannah J. and Blasi, Damián E. and Hammarström, Harald and Collins, Jeremy and Latarche, Jay J. and Lesage, Jakob and Weber, Tobias and Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena and Passmore, Sam and Chira, Angela M. and Maurits, Luke and Dinnage, Russell and Dunn, Michael and Reesink, Ger and Singer, Ruth and Bowern, Claire and Epps, Patience L and Hill, Jane and Vesakoski, Outi and Robbeets, Martine and Abbas, Noor Karolin and Auer, Daniel and Bakker, Nancy A. and Barbos, Giulia and Borges, Robert D. and Danielsen, Swintha and Dorenbusch, Luise and Dorn, Ella and Elliott, John and Falcone, Giada and Fischer, Jana and Ate, Yustinus Ghanggo and Gibson, Hannah and Göbel, Hans-Philipp and Goodall, Jemima A. and Gruner, Victoria and Harvey, Andrew and Hayes, Rebekah and Heer, Leonard and Miranda, Roberto E. Herrera and Hübler, Nataliia and Huntington-Rainey, Biu H. and Ivani, Jessica K. and Johns, Marilen and Just, Erika and Kashima, Eri and Kipf, Carolina and Klingenberg, Janina V. and König, Nikita and Koti, Aikaterina and Kowalik, Richard G. A. and Krasnoukhova, Olga and Lindvall, Nora L. M. and Lorenzen, Mandy and Lutzenberger, Hannah and Martins, Tânia R.A. and German, Celia Mata and Meer, Suzanne van der and Samamé, Jaime Montoya and Müller, Michael and Muradoglu, Saliha and Neely, Kelsey and Nickel, Johanna and Norvik, Miina and Oluoch, Cheryl Akinyi and Peacock, Jesse and Pearey, India O.C. and Peck, Naomi and Petit, Stephanie and Pieper, Sören and Poblete, Mariana and Prestipino, Daniel and Raabe, Linda and Raja, Amna and Reimringer, Janis and Rey, Sydney C. and Rizaew, Julia and Ruppert, Eloisa and Salmon, Kim K. and Sammet, Jill and Schembri, Rhiannon and Schlabbach, Lars and Schmidt, Frederick W.P. and Skilton, Amalia and Smith, Wikaliler Daniel and Sousa, Hilário de and Sverredal, Kristin and Valle, Daniel and Vera, Javier and Voß, Judith and Witte, Tim and Wu, Henry and Yam, Stephanie and 葉婧婷, Jingting Ye and Yong, Maisie and Yuditha, Tessa and Zariquiey, Roberto and Forkel, Robert and Evans, Nicholas and Levinson, Stephen C. and Haspelmath, Martin and Greenhill, Simon J. and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Gray, Russell D.},
journal = {Science Advances},
volume = {9},
number = {16},
publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.adg6175},
url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/grambank/},
}

Modelling admixture across language levels to evaluate deep history claims

Hübler N & Greenhill SJ. 2023. Modelling admixture across language levels to evaluate deep history claims. Journal of Language Evolution, 7(2), 166–183.

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@article{Hübler2023,
  title = {Modelling admixture across language levels to evaluate deep history claims},
  author = {Hübler, Nataliia and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Journal of Language Evolution},
  volume = {7},
  number = {2},
  pages = {166--183},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1093/jole/lzad002},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/modelling-admixture/},
}

A recent northern origin for the Uto-Aztecan family

Greenhill SJ, Haynie H, Ross R, Chira A, List J-M, Campbell L, Botero C, & Gray R. 2023. A recent northern origin for the Uto-Aztecan family. Language, 99(1), 81-107.

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@article{Greenhill2023,
  title = {A recent northern origin for the Uto-Aztecan family},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Haynie, Hannah J. and Ross, Robert M. and Chira, Angela M. and List, Johann-Mattis and Campbell, Lyle and Botero, Carlos A. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Language},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1353/lan.0.0276},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/utoaztecan-origin/},
}

2022

Untangling the evolution of body-part terminology in Pano: conservative versus innovative traits in body-part lexicalization

Zariquiey R, Vera J, Greenhill SJ, Valenzuela P, Gray RD, & List J-M. 2022. Untangling the evolution of body-part terminology in Pano: conservative versus innovative traits in body-part lexicalization. Interface Focus, 13(1).

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@article{Zariquiey2022,
  title = {Untangling the evolution of body-part terminology in Pano: conservative versus innovative traits in body-part lexicalization},
  author = {Zariquiey, Roberto and Vera, Jaimie and Greenhill, Simon J. and Valenzuela, Pila and Gray, Russell D. and List, Johann-Mattis},
  journal = {Interface Focus},
  volume = {13},
  number = {1},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1098/rsfs.2022.0053},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/untangling-body-parts/},
}

A quantitative global test of the complexity trade-off hypothesis: the case of nominal and verbal grammatical marking

Shcherbakova O, Gast V, Blasi DE, Skirgård H, Gray RD, & Greenhill SJ. 2022. A quantitative global test of the complexity trade-off hypothesis: the case of nominal and verbal grammatical marking. Linguistics Vanguard, 9(s1), 155–167.

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@article{Shcherbakova2022,
  title = {A quantitative global test of the complexity trade-off hypothesis: the case of nominal and verbal grammatical marking},
  author = {Shcherbakova, Olena and Gast, Volker and Blasi, Damián E. and Skirgård, Hedvig and Gray, Russell D. and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Linguistics Vanguard},
  volume = {9},
  number = {s1},
  pages = {155--167},
  publisher = {Walter de Gruyter GmbH},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1515/lingvan-2021-0011},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/quantitative-global-complexity-trade-off/},
}

Language Evolution Phylogenetics Grambank
Grammatical complexity is only weakly influenced by the sociolinguistic environment
Shcherbakova O, Michaelis SM, Haynie HJ, Greenhill SJ, Blasi DE, Gray RD, Gast V, & Skirgård H. 2022. Grammatical complexity is only weakly influenced by the sociolinguistic environment. Pp. 669-671, In Ravignani A, Asano R, Valente D, Ferretti F, Hartmann S, Hayashi M, Jadoul Y, Martins M, Oseki Y, Rodrigues ED, Vasileva O, & Wacewicz S. (Eds). Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Language Evolution (JCoLE). Joint Conference on Language Evolution (JCoLE). Nijmegen: Joint Conference on Language Evolution (JCoLE).
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@article{Shcherbakova2022,
  title = {Grammatical complexity is only weakly influenced by the sociolinguistic environment},
  author = {Shcherbakova, Olena and Michaelis, Susanne Maria and Haynie, Hannah J. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Blasi, Damián E. and Gray, Russell D. and Gast, Volker and Skirgård, Hedvig},
  journal = {(:unas)},
  publisher = {(:unas)},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.17617/2.3398549},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/grammatical-complexity-sociolinguistic-environment/},
}
```

A global analysis of matches and mismatches between human genetic and linguistic histories.

Barbieri C, Blasi DE, Arango-Isaza E, Sotiropoulos AG, Hammarström H, Wichmann S, Greenhill SJ, Gray RD, Forkel R, Bickel B, & Shimizu KK. 2022. A global analysis of matches and mismatches between human genetic and linguistic histories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(47).

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@article{Barbieri2022,
  title = {A global analysis of matches and mismatches between human genetic and linguistic histories.},
  author = {Barbieri, Chiara and Blasi, Damián E. and Arango-Isaza, Epifanía and Sotiropoulos, Alexandros G. and Hammarström, Harald and Wichmann, Sœren and Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D. and Forkel, Robert and Bickel, Balthasar and Shimizu, Kentaro K.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  volume = {119},
  number = {47},
  publisher = {National Academy of Sciences},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.2122084119},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/global-analysis-genetic-linguistic-histories/},
}

Phylogeographic analysis of the Bantu language expansion supports a rainforest route

Koile E, Greenhill SJ, Blasi DE, Bouckaert R, & Gray RD. 2022. Phylogeographic analysis of the Bantu language expansion supports a rainforest route. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(32) e2112853119.

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@article{Koile2022,
  title = {Phylogeographic analysis of the Bantu language expansion supports a rainforest route},
  author = {Koile, Ezequiel and Greenhill, Simon J. and Blasi, Damián E. and Bouckaert, Remco R. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  volume = {119},
  number = {32},
  publisher = {National Academy of Sciences},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.2112853119},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/phylogeographic-analysis-bantu-language-expansion-rainforest/},
}

Lexibank, a public repository of standardized wordlists with computed phonological and lexical features

List JM, Forkel R, Greenhill SJ, Rzymski C, Englisch J & Gray RD. 2022. Lexibank, a public repository of standardized wordlists with computed phonological and lexical features. Scientific Data, 9(1): 316.

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@article{List2022,
  title = {Lexibank, a public repository of standardized wordlists with computed phonological and lexical features},
  author = {List, Johann-Mattis and Forkel, Robert and Greenhill, Simon J. and Rzymski, Christoph and Englisch, Johannes and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Scientific Data},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1038/s41597-022-01432-0},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/lexibank/},
}

Managing Historical Linguistic Data for Computational Phylogenetics and Computer-Assisted Language Comparison

Tresoldi T, Rzymski C, Forkel R, Greenhill SJ, List JM, & Gray R. 2022. Managing historical linguistic data for computational phylogenetics and computer-assisted language comparison. In Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker, Bradley McDonnell, Eve Koller, & Lauren B. Collister (Eds). Open Handbook of Linguistic Data Management.

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@misc{Tresoldi2022,
  title = {Managing Historical Linguistic Data for Computational Phylogenetics and Computer-Assisted Language Comparison},
  author = {Tresoldi, Tiago and Rzymski, Christoph and Forkel, Robert and Greenhill, Simon J. and List, Johann-Mattis and Gray, Russell D.},
  publisher = {The MIT Press},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.7551/mitpress/12200.001.0001},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/managing-historical-linguistic-data-for-computational-phylogenetics/},
}

2021

Global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity.

Bromham L, Dinnage R, Skirgård H, Ritchie A, Cardillo M, Meakins F, Greenhill S & Hua X. 2021. Global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6: 163–173.

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@article{Bromham2021,
  title = {Global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity.},
  author = {Bromham, Lindell and Dinnage, Russell and Skirgård, Hedvig and Ritchie, Andrew and Cardillo, Marcel and Meakins, Felicity and Greenhill, Simon J. and Hua, Xia},
  journal = {Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution},
  volume = {6},
  number = {2},
  pages = {163--173},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1038/s41559-021-01604-y},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/global-predictors-of-language-endangerment/},
}

Games and enculturation: A cross-cultural analysis of cooperative goal structures in Austronesian games.

Leisterer-Peoples SM, Ross CT, Greenhill SJ, Hardecker S & Haun DBM. 2021. Games and enculturation: A cross-cultural analysis of cooperative goal structures in Austronesian games. PLOS ONE 16(11): e0259746.

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@article{Leisterer-Peoples2021,
  title = {Games and enculturation: A cross-cultural analysis of cooperative goal structures in Austronesian games.},
  author = {Leisterer-Peoples, Sarah M. and Ross, Cody T. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Hardecker, Susanne and Haun, Daniel B. M.},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  volume = {16},
  number = {11},
  pages = {e0259746},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0259746},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/games-and-enculturation/},
}

Do languages and genes share cultural evolutionary history?

Greenhill SJ. 2021. Do languages and genes share cultural evolutionary history? Science Advances, eabm2472.

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@article{Greenhill2021,
  title = {Do languages and genes share cultural evolutionary history?},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Science Advances},
  volume = {7},
  number = {41},
  publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1126/sciadv.abm2472},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/do-languages-and-genes-share-history/},
}

Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of linguistic data using BEAST.

Hoffmann K, Bouckaert R, Greenhill SJ, & Kühnert D. 2021. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of linguistic data using BEAST. Journal of Language Evolution, 6: 119–135.

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@article{Hoffmann2021,
  title = {Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of linguistic data using BEAST.},
  author = {Hoffmann, Konstantin and Bouckaert, Remco R. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Kühnert, Denise},
  journal = {Journal of Language Evolution},
  volume = {6},
  number = {2},
  pages = {119--135},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1093/jole/lzab005},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/analysis-of-linguistic-data-with-beast/},
}

Pathways to social inequality.

Haynie H, Kavanagh PH, Jordan FM, Ember CR, Gray RD, Greenhill SJ, Kirby KR, Kushnick G, Low BS, Tuff T, Vilela B, Botero C, & Gavin MC. 2021. Pathways to social inequality. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 3, E35.

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@article{Haynie2021,
  title = {Pathways to social inequality.},
  author = {Haynie, Hannah J. and Kavanagh, Patrick H. and Jordan, Fiona M. and Ember, Carol R. and Gray, Russell D. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Kirby, Kathryn R. and Kushnick, Geoff and Low, Bobbi S. and Tuff, Ty and Vilela, Bruno and Botero, Carlos A. and Gavin, Michael C.},
  journal = {Evolutionary Human Sciences},
  volume = {3},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1017/ehs.2021.32},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/pathways-to-social-inequality/},
}

Kin Against Kin: Internal Co-selection and the Coherence of Kinship Typologies.

Passmore S, Barth W, Quinn K, Greenhill SJ, Evans N, & Jordan FM. 2021. Kin Against Kin: Internal Co-selection and the Coherence of Kinship Typologies. Biological Theory, 16(3), 176–193.

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@article{Passmore2021,
  title = {Kin Against Kin: Internal Co-selection and the Coherence of Kinship Typologies.},
  author = {Passmore, Sam and Barth, Wolfgang and Quinn, Kyla and Greenhill, Simon J. and Evans, Nicholas and Jordan, Fiona M.},
  journal = {Biological Theory},
  volume = {16},
  number = {3},
  pages = {176--193},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1007/s13752-021-00379-6},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/kin-against-kin-kinship-typologies/},
}

Blowing in the wind: Using ‘North Wind and the Sun’ texts to sample phoneme inventories.

Baird L, Evans N, & Greenhill SJ. 2021. Blowing in the wind: Using 'North Wind and the Sun' texts to sample phoneme inventories. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 1-42.

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@article{Baird2021,
  title = {Blowing in the wind: Using ‘North Wind and the Sun’ texts to sample phoneme inventories.},
  author = {Baird, Louise and Evans, Nicholas and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Journal of the International Phonetic Association},
  volume = {52},
  number = {3},
  pages = {453--494},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1017/S002510032000033X},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/blowing-in-the-wind/},
}

Historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence test the phylogenetic inference of Viking-Age plant use.

Teixidor-Toneu I, Kool A, Greenhill SJ, Kjesrud K, Sandstedt JJ, Manzanilla V, Jordan FM. 2021. Historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence test the phylogenetic inference of Viking-Age plant use. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, 20200086.

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@article{Teixidor-Toneu2021,
  title = {Historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence test the phylogenetic inference of Viking-Age plant use.},
  author = {Teixidor-Toneu, Irene and Kool, Anneleen and Greenhill, Simon J. and Kjesrud, Karoline and Sandstedt, Jade J. and Manzanilla, Vincent and Jordan, Fiona M.},
  journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B},
  volume = {376},
  number = {1828},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1098/rstb.2020.0086},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/historical-archaeological-linguistic-evidence-phylogenetic-vikings/},
}

The uses and abuses of tree thinking in cultural evolution.

Evans CL, Greenhill SJ, Watts J, List JM, Botero CA, Gray RD, & Kirby KR. 2021. The uses and abuses of tree thinking in cultural evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, 20200056.

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@article{Evans2021,
  title = {The uses and abuses of tree thinking in cultural evolution.},
  author = {Evans, Cara L. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Watts, Joseph and List, Johann-Mattis and Botero, Carlos A. and Gray, Russell D. and Kirby, Kathryn R.},
  journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B},
  volume = {376},
  number = {1828},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1098/rstb.2020.0056},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/uses-and-abuses-of-tree-thinking-in-cultural-evolution/},
}

The Austronesian Game Taxonomy: A cross-cultural dataset of historical games.

Leisterer-Peoples SM, Hardecker S, Watts J, Greenhill SJ, Ross CT & Haun DBM. 2021. The Austronesian Game Taxonomy: A cross-cultural dataset of historical games. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 8, 113.

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@article{Leisterer-Peoples2021,
  title = {The Austronesian Game Taxonomy: A cross-cultural dataset of historical games.},
  author = {Leisterer-Peoples, Sarah M. and Hardecker, Susanne and Watts, Joseph and Greenhill, Simon J. and Ross, Cody T. and Haun, Daniel B. M.},
  journal = {Humanities and Social Sciences Communications},
  volume = {8},
  number = {1},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1057/s41599-021-00785-y},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/austronesian-game-taxonomy/},
}

2020

Bayesian Phylolinguistics

Greenhill SJ, Heggarty P, & Gray RD. 2020 Bayesian Phylolinguistics. In Janda RD, Joseph BD, & Vance BS (Eds) The Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Volume II, pp. 226--253. Wiley-Blackwell: New Jersey.

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@article{Greenhill2020,
  title = {Bayesian Phylolinguistics},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Heggarty, Paul and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {The Handbook of Historical Linguistics},
  pages = {226--253},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1002/9781118732168.ch11},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/bayesian-phylolinguistics/},
}

CHIELD: the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database.

Roberts SG, Killin A, Deb A, Sheard C, Greenhill SJ, Sinnemäki K, …, & Jordan F. 2020. CHIELD: the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database. The Journal of Language Evolution, 5(2), 101-120.

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@article{Roberts2020,
  title = {CHIELD: the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database.},
  author = {Roberts, Seán G. and Killin, Anton and Deb, Angarika and Sheard, Catherine and Greenhill, Simon J. and Sinnemäki, Kaius and Segovia-Martín, José and Nölle, Jonas and Berdicevskis, Aleksandrs and Humphreys-Balkwill, Archie and Little, Hannah and Opie, Christopher and Jacques, Guillaume and Bromham, Lindell and Tinits, Peeter and Ross, Robert M. and Lee, Sean and Gasser, Emily and Calladine, Jasmine and Spike, Matthew and Mann, Stephen Francis and Shcherbakova, Olena and Singer, Ruth and Zhang, Shuya and Benítez-Burraco, Antonio and Kliesch, Christian and Thomas-Colquhoun, Ewan and Skirgård, Hedvig and Tamariz, Monica and Passmore, Sam and Pellard, Thomas and Jordan, Fiona M.},
  journal = {Journal of Language Evolution},
  volume = {5},
  number = {2},
  pages = {101--120},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1093/jole/lzaa001},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/chield-causal-hypotheses/},
}

Austronesian Bantu Indo-European Language Evolution
Phylogenetic exploration of language complexity in Austronesian, Bantu, and Indo-European Language Families
Shcherbakova O, Skirgård H, & Greenhill SJ. 2020. Phylogenetic exploration of language complexity in Austronesian, Bantu, and Indo-European Language Families. Pp. 411-413, In Ravignani A, Barbieri C, Flaherty M, Jadoul Y, Lattenkamp E, Little H, Martins M, Mudd K, & Verhoef T (Eds). The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference (Evolang13). Nijmegen: The Evolution of Language Conferences.
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```
@misc{Shcherbakova2020,
  title = {Phylogenetic exploration of language complexity in Austronesian, Bantu, and Indo-European Language Families},
  author = {Shcherbakova, Olena and Skirgård, Hedvig and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/complexity-evolang13/},
}
```

The Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications, reproducible analysis of cross-linguistic polysemies

Rzymski C, Tresoldi T, Greenhill SJ, Wu M-S, Schweikhard NE, Koptjevskaja-Tamm M, Gast V, et al. 2020. The Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications, Reproducible Analysis of Cross-Linguistic Polysemies. Scientific Data 7 (1): 1–12.

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@article{Rzymski2020,
  title = {The Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications, reproducible analysis of cross-linguistic polysemies},
  author = {Rzymski, Christoph and Tresoldi, Tiago and Greenhill, Simon J. and Wu, Mei-Shin and Schweikhard, Nathanael E. and Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria and Gast, Volker and Bodt, Timotheus A. and Hantgan, Abbie and Kaiping, Gereon A. and Chang, Sophie and Lai, Yunfan and Morozova, Natalia and Arjava, Heini and Hübler, Nataliia and Koile, Ezequiel and Pepper, Steve and Proos, Mariann and Epps, Briana Van and Blanco, Ingrid and Hundt, Carolin and Monakhov, Sergei and Pianykh, Kristina and Ramesh, Sallona and Gray, Russell D. and Forkel, Robert and List, Johann-Mattis},
  journal = {Scientific Data},
  volume = {7},
  number = {1},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1038/s41597-019-0341-x},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/clics-reproducible-polysemies/},
}

2019

Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure

Jackson JC, Watts J, Henry TR, List JM, Forkel R, Mucha PJ, Greenhill SJ, Gray RD, & Lindquist KA. 2019 Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure. Science, 366, 1517-1522.

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@article{Jackson2019,
  title = {Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure},
  author = {Jackson, Joshua Conrad and Watts, Joseph and Henry, Teague R. and List, Johann-Mattis and Forkel, Robert and Mucha, Peter J. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D. and Lindquist, Kristen A.},
  journal = {Science},
  volume = {366},
  number = {6472},
  pages = {1517--1522},
  publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.1126/science.aaw8160},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/emotion-semantics-show-both-cultural-variation-and-universal-structure/},
}

Dated language phylogenies shed light on the ancestry of Sino-Tibetan

Sagart L, Jacques G, Lai Y, Ryder RJ, Thouzeau V, Greenhill SJ, List J- M. 2019 Dated language phylogenies shed light on the ancestry of Sino-Tibetan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201817972.

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@article{Sagart2019,
  title = {Dated language phylogenies shed light on the ancestry of Sino-Tibetan},
  author = {Sagart, Laurent and Jacques, Guillaume and Lai, Yunfan and Ryder, Robin J. and Thouzeau, Valentin and Greenhill, Simon J. and List, Johann-Mattis},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  volume = {116},
  number = {21},
  pages = {10317--10322},
  publisher = {National Academy of Sciences},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.1817972116},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/dated-language-phylogenies-shed-light-on-the-ancestry-of-sino-tibetan/},
}

The ecological drivers of variation in global language diversity

Hua X, Greenhill SJ, Cardillo M, Schneemann H & Bromham L. 2019. The ecological drivers of variation in global language diversity. Nature Communications, 10, 2047.

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@article{Hua2019,
  title = {The ecological drivers of variation in global language diversity},
  author = {Hua, Xia and Greenhill, Simon J. and Cardillo, Marcel and Schneemann, Hilde and Bromham, Lindell},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  volume = {10},
  number = {1},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.1038/s41467-019-09842-2},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/ecological-drivers-of-variation-in-global-language-diversity/},
}

Drivers of geographical patterns of North American language diversity

Pacheco Coelho MT, Barreto Pereira E, Haynie HJ, Rangel TF, Kavanagh P, Kirby KR, Greenhill SJ, Bowern C, Gray RD, Colwell RK, Evans N, & Gavin MC. 2019. Drivers of geographical patterns of North American language diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, Biological Sciences, 286: 20190242.

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@article{Coelho2019,
  title = {Drivers of geographical patterns of North American language diversity},
  author = {Coelho, Marco Túlio Pacheco and Pereira, Elisa Barreto and Haynie, Hannah J. and Rangel, Thiago F. and Kavanagh, Patrick H. and Kirby, Kathryn R. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Bowern, Claire and Gray, Russell D. and Colwell, Robert K. and Evans, Nicholas and Gavin, Michael C.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {286},
  number = {1899},
  pages = {20190242},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2019.0242},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/drivers-of-geographical-patterns-of-north-american-language-diversity/},
}

2018

Treemaker

Greenhill, SJ. 2018. Treemaker: A Python library for creating a Newick formatted tree from a set of classification strings. Journal of Open Source Software, 3(31), 1040.

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@article{Greenhill2018,
  title = {Treemaker},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
  volume = {3},
  number = {31},
  pages = {1040},
  publisher = {The Open Journal},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.21105/joss.01040},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/Greenhill2018-treemaker/},
}

Parasites and politics: why cross-cultural studies must control for relatedness, proximity and covariation

Bromham L, Hua X, Cardillo M, Schneemann H & Greenhill SJ. 2018. Parasites and politics: why cross-cultural studies must control for relatedness, proximity and covariation. Royal Society Open Science, 5, 191100.

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@article{Bromham2018,
  title = {Parasites and politics: why cross-cultural studies must control for relatedness, proximity and covariation},
  author = {Bromham, Lindell and Hua, Xia and Cardillo, Marcel and Schneemann, Hilde and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Royal Society Open Science},
  volume = {5},
  number = {8},
  pages = {181100},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1098/rsos.181100},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/parasites-and-politics-why-cross-cultural-studies-must-control-for-relatedness-proximity-and-covariation/},
}

CLICS2: An Improved Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications Assembling Lexical Data with Help of Cross-Linguistic Data Formats

List J-M, Greenhill SJ, Anderson C, Mayer T, Tresoldi T & Forkel R. 2018. CLICS2: An Improved Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications Assembling Lexical Data with Help of Cross-Linguistic Data Formats. Linguistic Typology, 22: 277-306.

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@article{List2018,
  title = {CLICS2: An Improved Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications Assembling Lexical Data with Help of Cross-Linguistic Data Formats},
  author = {List, Johann-Mattis and Greenhill, Simon J. and Anderson, Cormac and Mayer, Thomas and Tresoldi, Tiago and Forkel, Robert},
  journal = {Linguistic Typology},
  volume = {22},
  number = {2},
  pages = {277--306},
  publisher = {Walter de Gruyter GmbH},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1515/lingty-2018-0010},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/clics2-an-improved-database-of-cross-linguistic-colexifications-assembling-lexical-data-with-the-help-of-cross-linguistic-data-formats/},
}

Sequence Comparison in Computational Historical Linguistics: Phonetic Alignments and Cognate Detection with LingPy 2.6.

List J-M, Forkel R, Greenhill SJ, Tresoldi T & Walworth M. 2018. Sequence Comparison in Computational Historical Linguistics: Phonetic Alignments and Cognate Detection with LingPy 2.6. Journal of Language Evolution, 3(2): 130-144.

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@article{List2018,
  title = {Sequence Comparison in Computational Historical Linguistics: Phonetic Alignments and Cognate Detection with LingPy 2.6.},
  author = {List, Johann-Mattis and Forkel, Robert and Greenhill, Simon J. and Tresoldi, Tiago and Walworth, Mary},
  journal = {Journal of Language Evolution},
  volume = {3},
  number = {2},
  pages = {130--144},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1093/jole/lzy006},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/sequence-comparison-in-computational-historical-linguistics-phonetic-alignments-and-cognate-detection-with-lingpy-2-6/},
}

Post-Marital Residence Patterns Show Lineage-Specific Evolution

Moravec JC, Atkinson QD, Bowern C, Greenhill SJ, Jordan D, Ross RM, Gray RD, Marsland S & Cox MP. 2018. Post-Marital Residence Patterns Show Lineage-Specific Evolution. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39(6): 594-601.

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@article{Moravec2018,
  title = {Post-Marital Residence Patterns Show Lineage-Specific Evolution},
  author = {Moravec, Jiří C. and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Bowern, Claire and Greenhill, Simon J. and Jordan, Fiona M. and Ross, Robert M. and Gray, Russell D. and Marsland, Stephen and Cox, Murray P.},
  journal = {Evolution and Human Behavior},
  volume = {39},
  number = {6},
  pages = {594--601},
  publisher = {Elsevier BV},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.06.002},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/post-marital-residence-patterns-show-lineage-specific-evolution/},
}

Comment on Pigoli et al

Greenhill SJ. 2018. Comment on Pigoli et al. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, C, Applied Statistics, 67(5): 1135-1136.

Abstract DOI Publisher

@article{Greenhill2018,
  title = {Comment on Pigoli et al},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C: Applied Statistics},
  volume = {67},
  number = {5},
  pages = {1103--1145},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1111/rssc.12258},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/comment-on-pigoli-et-al/},
}

Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and re-use in comparative linguistics

Forkel R, List J-M, Greenhill SJ, Bank S, Rzymski C, Cysouw M, Hammarström H, Haspelmath M & Kaiping GA & Gray RD. 2018. Cross-linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and reuse in comparative linguistics. Scientific Data, 5:180205.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Forkel2018,
  title = {Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and re-use in comparative linguistics},
  author = {Forkel, Robert and List, Johann-Mattis and Greenhill, Simon J. and Bank, Sebastian and Rzymski, Christoph and Cysouw, Michael and Hammarström, Harald and Haspelmath, Martin and Kaiping, Gereon A. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Scientific Data},
  volume = {5},
  number = {1},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1038/sdata.2018.205},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/cross-linguistic-data-formats/},
}

What smartphone apps may contribute to language evolution research

Morin O, Winters J, Müller T, Morisseau T, Etter C & Greenhill SJ. 2018. What smartphone apps may contribute to language evolution research. Journal of Language Evolution, 3(2): 91-93.

Abstract DOI Publisher

@article{Morin2018,
  title = {What smartphone apps may contribute to language evolution research},
  author = {Morin, Olivier and Winters, James and Müller, Thomas F. and Morisseau, Tiffany and Etter, Christian and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Journal of Language Evolution},
  volume = {3},
  number = {2},
  pages = {91--93},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1093/jole/lzy005},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/morin-et-al2018/},
}

Population Size and the Rate of Language Evolution: A Test Across Indo-European, Austronesian, and Bantu Languages

Greenhill SJ, Hua X, Welsh CF, Schneemann H & Bromham L. 2018. Population Size and the Rate of Language Evolution: A Test Across Indo-European, Austronesian, and Bantu Languages. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:576.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Greenhill2018,
  title = {Population Size and the Rate of Language Evolution: A Test Across Indo-European, Austronesian, and Bantu Languages},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Hua, Xia and Welsh, Caela F. and Schneemann, Hilde and Bromham, Lindell},
  journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},
  volume = {9},
  publisher = {Frontiers Media SA},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00576},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/greenhill-et-al2018/},
}

A Bayesian phylogenetic study of the Dravidian language family

Kolipakam V, Jordan FM, Dunn M, Greenhill SJ, Bouckaert R, Gray RD & Verkerk A. 2018. A Bayesian phylogenetic study of the Dravidian language family. Royal Society Open Science 5: 171504.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Kolipakam2018,
  title = {A Bayesian phylogenetic study of the Dravidian language family},
  author = {Kolipakam, Vishnupriya and Jordan, Fiona M. and Dunn, Michael and Greenhill, Simon J. and Bouckaert, Remco R. and Gray, Russell D. and Verkerk, Annemarie},
  journal = {Royal Society Open Science},
  volume = {5},
  number = {3},
  pages = {171504},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1098/rsos.171504},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/a-bayesian-phylogenetic-study-of-the-dravidian-language-family/},
}

2017

The evolutionary dynamics of language systems

Greenhill SJ, Wu C-H, Hua X, Dunn M, Levinson S, & Gray, RD. 2017. The evolutionary dynamics of language systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: USA, 114(42):E8822-E8829.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Greenhill2017,
  title = {The evolutionary dynamics of language systems},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Wu, Chieh-Hsi and Hua, Xia and Dunn, Michael and Levinson, Stephen C. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  volume = {114},
  number = {42},
  publisher = {National Academy of Sciences},
  year = {2017},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.1700388114},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/evolutionary-dynamics-of-language-systems/},
}

The Potential of Automatic Word Comparison for Historical Linguistics

List J-M, Greenhill SJ, & Gray RD. 2017. The Potential of Automatic Word Comparison for Historical Linguistics. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0170046.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{List2017,
  title = {The Potential of Automatic Word Comparison for Historical Linguistics},
  author = {List, Johann-Mattis and Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  volume = {12},
  number = {1},
  pages = {e0170046},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)},
  year = {2017},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0170046},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/the-potential-of-automatic-word-comparison-for-historical-linguistics/},
}

2016

A Combined Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Chapacuran Language Family

Birchall J, Dunn M & Greenhill SJ. 2016. A Combined Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Chapacuran Language Family. International Journal of American Linguistics 82(3). 255–284.

Abstract DOI Publisher

@article{Birchall2016,
  title = {A Combined Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Chapacuran Language Family},
  author = {Birchall, Joshua and Dunn, Michael and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {International Journal of American Linguistics},
  volume = {82},
  number = {3},
  pages = {255--284},
  publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1086/687383},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/a-combined-comparative-and-phylogenetic-analysis-of-the-chapacuran-language-family/},
}

D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity

Kirby KR, Gray RD, Greenhill SJ, Jordan FM, Gomes-Ng S, Bibiko H-J, Blasi D, Botero CA, Bowern C, Ember CR, Leehr D, Low BS, McCarter J, Divale W, Gavin MC. 2016. D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0158391.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Kirby2016,
  title = {D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity},
  author = {Kirby, Kathryn R. and Gray, Russell D. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Jordan, Fiona M. and Gomes-Ng, Stef and Bibiko, Hans-Jörg and Blasi, Damián E. and Botero, Carlos A. and Bowern, Claire and Ember, Carol R. and Leehr, Dan and Low, Bobbi S. and McCarter, Joe and Divale, William and Gavin, Michael C.},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  volume = {11},
  number = {7},
  pages = {e0158391},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0158391},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/d-place-a-global-database-of-cultural-linguistic-and-environmental-diversity/},
}

Cultural and Environmental Predictors of Pre-European Deforestation on Pacific Islands

Atkinson QD, Coomber T, Passmore S, Greenhill SJ, & Kushnick G. 2016. Cultural and Environmental Predictors of Pre-European Deforestation on Pacific Islands. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0156340.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Atkinson2016,
  title = {Cultural and Environmental Predictors of Pre-European Deforestation on Pacific Islands},
  author = {Atkinson, Quentin D. and Coomber, Ties and Passmore, Sam and Greenhill, Simon J. and Kushnick, Geoff},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  volume = {11},
  number = {5},
  pages = {e0156340},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0156340},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/cultural-and-environmental-predictors-of-pre-european-deforestation-on-pacific-islands/},
}

Overview: Debating the effect of environment on language

Greenhill SJ. 2016. Overview: Debating the effect of environment on language. Journal of Language Evolution, 1, 30-32.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Greenhill2016,
  title = {Overview: Debating the effect of environment on language},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Journal of Language Evolution},
  volume = {1},
  number = {1},
  pages = {30--32},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1093/jole/lzv007},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/overview-debating-the-effect-of-environment-on-language/},
}

Phylogemetric: A Python library for calculating phylogenetic network metrics

Greenhill SJ. 2016. Phylogemetric: A Python library for calculating phylogenetic network metrics. Journal of Open Source Software, 1(2), 28.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Greenhill2016,
  title = {Phylogemetric: A Python library for calculating phylogenetic network metrics},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {The Journal of Open Source Software},
  volume = {1},
  number = {2},
  pages = {28},
  publisher = {The Open Journal},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.21105/joss.00028},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/phylogemetric/},
}

2015

Links between language diversity and species richness can be confounded by spatial autocorrelation

Cardillo M, Bromham L, Greenhill SJ. 2015. Links between language diversity and species richness can be confounded by spatial autocorrelation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 282: 20142986.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Cardillo2015,
  title = {Links between language diversity and species richness can be confounded by spatial autocorrelation},
  author = {Cardillo, Marcel and Bromham, Lindell and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {282},
  number = {1809},
  pages = {20142986},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2014.2986},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/links-between-language-diversity-and-species-richness-can-be-confounded-by-spatial-autocorrelation/},
}

Broad supernatural punishment but not moralizing high gods precede the evolution of political complexity

Watts J, Greenhill SJ, Atkinson QD, Currie TE, Bulbulia J & Gray RD. 2015. Broad supernatural punishment but not moralizing high gods precede the evolution of political complexity in Austronesia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 20142556.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Watts2015,
  title = {Broad supernatural punishment but not moralizing high gods precede the evolution of political complexity},
  author = {Watts, Joseph and Greenhill, Simon J. and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Currie, Thomas E. and Bulbulia, Joseph and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {282},
  number = {1804},
  pages = {20142556},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2014.2556},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/broad-supernatural-punishment-but-not-moralizing-high-gods-precede-the-evolution-of-political-complexity/},
}

TransNewGuinea.org: An Online Database of New Guinea Languages

Greenhill SJ. 2015. TransNewGuinea.org: An Online Database of New Guinea Languages. PLoS ONE 10(10): e0141563.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Greenhill2015,
  title = {TransNewGuinea.org: An Online Database of New Guinea Languages},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  volume = {10},
  number = {10},
  pages = {e0141563},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0141563},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/transnewguinea-org-an-online-database-of-new-guinea-languages/},
}

Pulotu: Database of Austronesian Supernatural Beliefs and Practices

Watts J, Sheehan O, Greenhill SJ, Gomes-Ng S, Atkinson QD, Bulbulia J & Gray RD. 2015. Pulotu: Database of Austronesian Supernatural Beliefs and Practices. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0136783.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Watts2015,
  title = {Pulotu: Database of Austronesian Supernatural Beliefs and Practices},
  author = {Watts, Joseph and Sheehan, Oliver and Greenhill, Simon J. and Gomes-Ng, Stef and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Bulbulia, Joseph and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  volume = {10},
  number = {9},
  pages = {e0136783},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0136783},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/pulotu-database-of-austronesian-supernatural-beliefs-and-practices/},
}

Rate of language evolution is affected by population size

Bromham L, Hua X, Fitzpatrick T, & Greenhill SJ. 2015. Rate of language evolution is affected by population size. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 201419704.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Bromham2015,
  title = {Rate of language evolution is affected by population size},
  author = {Bromham, Lindell and Hua, Xia and Fitzpatrick, Thomas G. and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  volume = {112},
  number = {7},
  pages = {2097--2102},
  publisher = {National Academy of Sciences},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.1419704112},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/rate-of-language-evolution-is-affected-by-population-size/},
}

Language Evolution Methods Phylogenetics
Evolution and Language: Phylogenetic Analyses
Greenhill SJ. 2015. Evolution and Language: Phylogenetic Analyses. In The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition. Wright, JD (Ed). Elsevier: Oxford.
Abstract
```
@misc{Greenhill2015,
  title = {Evolution and Language: Phylogenetic Analyses},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  year = {2015},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/evolution-and-language-phylogenetic-analyses/},
}
```

2014

Research priorities in historical-comparative linguistics: A view from Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Koch H, Mailhammer R, Blust R, Bowern C, Daniels D, François A, Greenhill SJ, Joseph B, Reid L, Ross M & Sidwell P. 2014. Research priorities in historical-comparative linguistics: A view from Asia, Australia and the Pacific. Diachronica, 31:2, 267-278.

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@article{Koch2014,
  title = {Research priorities in historical-comparative linguistics: A view from Asia, Australia and the Pacific},
  author = {Koch, Harald and Mailhammer, Robert and Blust, Robert A. and Bowern, Claire and Daniels, Don and François, Alexandre and Greenhill, Simon J. and Joseph, Brian and Reid, Lawrence A. and Ross, Malcolm D. and Sidwell, Paul},
  journal = {Diachronica},
  volume = {31},
  number = {2},
  pages = {267--278},
  publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing Company},
  year = {2014},
  doi = {10.1075/dia.31.2.04koc},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/research-priorities-in-historical-comparative-linguistics-a-view-from-asia-australia-and-the-pacific/},
}

The evolution of traditional knowledge: environment shapes medicinal plant use in Nepal

Saslis-Lagoudakis CH, Hawkins JA, Greenhill SJ, Pendry CA, Watson MF, Tuladhar-Douglas W, Baral SR & Savolainen V. 2014. The evolution of traditional knowledge: Environment shapes medicinal plant use in Nepal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281: 20132768.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Saslis-Lagoudakis2014,
  title = {The evolution of traditional knowledge: environment shapes medicinal plant use in Nepal},
  author = {Saslis-Lagoudakis, C. Haris and Hawkins, Julie A. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Pendry, Colin A. and Watson, Mark F. and Tuladhar-Douglas, Will and Baral, Sushin R. and Savolainen, Vincent},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {281},
  number = {1780},
  pages = {20132768},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2014},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2013.2768},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/the-evolution-of-traditional-knowledge-environment-shapes-medicinal-plant-use-in-nepal/},
}

Diversity Data Language Evolution Prehistory
Demographic correlates of language diversity
Greenhill SJ. 2014. Demographic correlates of language diversity. In Bowern C & Evans B (Eds). The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics. Routledge: London.
Abstract PDF
```
@misc{Greenhill2014,
  title = {Demographic correlates of language diversity},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  year = {2014},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/demographic-correlates-of-language-diversity/},
}
```

2013

First Shots Fired For The Phylogenetic Revolution in Religious Studies: a Commentary on David Sloan Wilson

Bulbulia J, Atkinson QD, Greenhill SJ & Gray RD. 2013. First Shots Fired For The Phylogenetic Revolution in Religious Studies: a Commentary on David Sloan Wilson. Cliodynamics.

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@article{Bulbulia2013,
  title = {First Shots Fired For The Phylogenetic Revolution in Religious Studies: a Commentary on David Sloan Wilson},
  author = {Bulbulia, Joseph and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution},
  volume = {4},
  number = {1},
  publisher = {California Digital Library (CDL)},
  year = {2013},
  doi = {10.21237/C7clio4119066},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/first-shots-fired-for-the-phylogenetic-revolution-in-religious-studies-a-commentary-on-david-sloan-wilson/},
}

Cultural Evolution Phylogenetics Prehistory Religion
Why do religious cultures evolve slowly? The cultural evolution of cooperative calling and the historical study of religions
Bulbulia J, Atkinson QD, Gray RD & Greenhill SJ. 2013. Why do religious cultures evolve slowly? The cultural evolution of cooperative calling and the historical study of religionsIn: Mind, Morality and Magic: Cognitive Science Approaches in Biblical Studies. I. Czachesz & R. Uro (Eds.), Durham. Acumen.
Abstract PDF
```
@misc{Bulbulia2013,
  title = {Why do religious cultures evolve slowly? The cultural evolution of cooperative calling and the historical study of religions},
  author = {Bulbulia, Joseph and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Gray, Russell D. and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  year = {2013},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/why-do-religions-evolve-slowly/},
}
```

A Lexicostatistical Study of the Khasian Languages: Khasi, Pnar, Lyngngam, and War

Nagaraja KS, Sidwell P & Greenhill SJ. 2013. A Lexicostatistical Study of the Khasian Languages: Khasi, Pnar, Lyngngam, and War. Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, 42, 1-11.

Abstract PDF

@misc{Nagaraja2013,
  title = {A Lexicostatistical Study of the Khasian Languages: Khasi, Pnar, Lyngngam, and War},
  author = {Nagaraja, K.S. and Sidwell, Paul and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  year = {2013},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/a-lexicostatistical-study-of-the-khasian-languages-khasi-pnar-lyngngam-and-war/},
}

Population structure and cultural geography of a folktale in Europe

Ross RM, Greenhill SJ & Atkinson QD. 2013. Population structure and cultural geography of a folktale in Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 280, 20123065.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Ross2013,
  title = {Population structure and cultural geography of a folktale in Europe},
  author = {Ross, Robert M. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Atkinson, Quentin D.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {280},
  number = {1756},
  pages = {20123065},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2013},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2012.3065},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/population-structure-and-cultural-geography-of-a-folktale-in-europe/},
}

Cultural Evolution Language Evolution Methods Phylogenetics Prehistory
Phylogenetic models of language change: Three new questions.
Gray RD, Greenhill SJ & Atkinson QD. 2013. Phylogenetic models of language change: Three new questions. In Richerson PJ and Christiansen MH (Eds). Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language, and Religion. MIT Press: Cambridge.
Abstract PDF
```
@misc{Gray2013,
  title = {Phylogenetic models of language change: Three new questions.},
  author = {Gray, Russell D. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Atkinson, Quentin D.},
  year = {2013},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/phylogenetic-models-of-language-change-three-new-questions/},
}
```

2012

Basic vocabulary and Bayesian phylolinguistics: Issues of understanding and representation

Greenhill SJ, & Gray RD. 2012. Basic vocabulary and Bayesian phylolinguistics: Issues of understanding and representation. Diachronica, 29(4): 523-537.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Greenhill2012,
  title = {Basic vocabulary and Bayesian phylolinguistics: Issues of understanding and representation},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Diachronica},
  volume = {29},
  number = {4},
  pages = {523--537},
  publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing Company},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1075/dia.29.4.05gre},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/basic-vocabulary-and-bayesian-phylolinguistics-issues-of-understanding-and-representation/},
}

Mapping the Origins and Expansion of the Indo-European Language Family

Bouckaert R, Lemey P, Dunn M, Greenhill SJ, Alekseyenko AV, Drummond AJ, Gray RD, Suchard MA, Atkinson QD. 2012. Mapping the Origins and Expansion of the Indo-European Language Family. Science, 337: 957-960.

Abstract DOI Publisher

@article{Bouckaert2012,
  title = {Mapping the Origins and Expansion of the Indo-European Language Family},
  author = {Bouckaert, Remco R. and Lemey, Philippe and Dunn, Michael and Greenhill, Simon J. and Alekseyenko, Alexander V. and Drummond, Alexei J. and Gray, Russell D. and Suchard, Marc A. and Atkinson, Quentin D.},
  journal = {Science},
  volume = {337},
  number = {6097},
  pages = {957--960},
  publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1126/science.1219669},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/mapping-the-origins-and-expansion-of-the-indo-european-language-family/},
}

2011

Universal typological dependencies should be detectable in the history of language families

Levinson SC, Greenhill SJ, Gray RD & Dunn M. 2011. Universal typological dependencies should be detectable in the history of language families. Linguistic Typology, 15: 509-534.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Levinson2011,
  title = {Universal typological dependencies should be detectable in the history of language families},
  author = {Levinson, Stephen C. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D. and Dunn, Michael},
  journal = {Linguistic Typology},
  volume = {15},
  number = {2},
  publisher = {Walter de Gruyter GmbH},
  year = {2011},
  doi = {10.1515/LITY.2011.034},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/universal-typological-dependencies-should-be-detectable-in-the-history-of-language-families/},
}

Levenshtein distances fail to identify language relationships accurately

Greenhill SJ. 2011. Levenshtein distances fail to identify language relationships accurately. Computational Linguistics, 37(4): 689-698.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Greenhill2011,
  title = {Levenshtein distances fail to identify language relationships accurately},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Computational Linguistics},
  volume = {37},
  number = {4},
  pages = {689--698},
  publisher = {MIT Press - Journals},
  year = {2011},
  doi = {10.1162/COLI_a_00073},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/levenshtein-distances-fail-to-identify-language-relationships-accurately/},
}

POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Greenhill SJ & Clark R. 2011. POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Oceanic Linguistics, 50(2), 551-559.

Abstract DOI PDF

@article{Greenhill2011,
  title = {POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Clark, Ross},
  journal = {Oceanic Linguistics},
  volume = {50},
  number = {2},
  pages = {551--559},
  publisher = {Project MUSE},
  year = {2011},
  doi = {10.1353/ol.2011.0014},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/pollex-online-the-polynesian-lexicon-project-online/},
}

Evolved structure of language shows lineage-specific trends in word-order universals

Dunn M, Greenhill SJ, Levinson SC & Gray RD. 2011. Evolved structure of language shows lineage-specific trends in word-order universals. Nature. 473, 79–82.

Abstract DOI Publisher

@article{Dunn2011,
  title = {Evolved structure of language shows lineage-specific trends in word-order universals},
  author = {Dunn, Michael and Greenhill, Simon J. and Levinson, Stephen C. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Nature},
  volume = {473},
  number = {7345},
  pages = {79--82},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2011},
  doi = {10.1038/nature09923},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/evolved-structure-of-language-shows-lineage-specific-trends-in-word-order-universals/},
}

Language evolution and human history: what a difference a date makes

Gray RD, Atkinson QD & Greenhill SJ. 2011. Language evolution and human history: what a difference a date makes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 366, 1090-1100.

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  title = {Language evolution and human history: what a difference a date makes},
  author = {Gray, Russell D. and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {366},
  number = {1567},
  pages = {1090--1100},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2011},
  doi = {10.1098/rstb.2010.0378},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/language-evolution-and-human-history-what-a-difference-a-date-makes/},
}

2010

Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific

Currie TE, Greenhill SJ, Gray RD, Hasegawa T & Mace R. 2010. Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific. Nature, 467:801-804.

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@article{Currie2010,
  title = {Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific},
  author = {Currie, Thomas E. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D. and Hasegawa, Toshikazu and Mace, Ruth},
  journal = {Nature},
  volume = {467},
  number = {7317},
  pages = {801--804},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1038/nature09461},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/rise-and-fall-of-political-complexity-in-island-south-east-asia-and-the-pacific/},
}

On the shape and fabric of human history

Gray RD, Bryant D & Greenhill SJ. 2010. On the shape and fabric of human history. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 365:3923-3933.

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  title = {On the shape and fabric of human history},
  author = {Gray, Russell D. and Bryant, David and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {365},
  number = {1559},
  pages = {3923--3933},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1098/rstb.2010.0162},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/on-the-shape-and-fabric-of-human-history/},
}

Is horizontal transmission really a problem for phylogenetic comparative methods? A simulation study using continuous cultural traits

Currie TE, Greenhill SJ & Mace R. 2010. Is horizontal transmission really a problem for phylogenetic comparative methods? A simulation study using continuous cultural traits. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 365:3903-3912.

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@article{Currie2010,
  title = {Is horizontal transmission really a problem for phylogenetic comparative methods? A simulation study using continuous cultural traits},
  author = {Currie, Thomas E. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Mace, Ruth},
  journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {365},
  number = {1559},
  pages = {3903--3912},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1098/rstb.2010.0014},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/is-horizontal-transmission-really-a-problem-for-phylogenetic-comparative-methods-a-simulation-study-using-continuous-cultural-traits/},
}

The shape and tempo of language evolution

Greenhill SJ, Atkinson QD, Meade A & Gray RD. 2010. The shape and tempo of language evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 277:2443-2450.

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@article{Greenhill2010,
  title = {The shape and tempo of language evolution},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Atkinson, Quentin D. and Meade, Andrew and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {277},
  number = {1693},
  pages = {2443--2450},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2010.0051},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/the-shape-and-tempo-of-language-evolution/},
}

How Accurate and Robust Are the Phylogenetic Estimates of Austronesian Language Relationships?

Greenhill SJ, Drummond AJ & Gray RD. 2010. How Accurate and Robust Are the Phylogenetic Estimates of Austronesian Language Relationships? PLoS ONE, 5(3): e9573.

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@article{Greenhill2010,
  title = {How Accurate and Robust Are the Phylogenetic Estimates of Austronesian Language Relationships?},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Drummond, Alexei J. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {PLoS ONE},
  volume = {5},
  number = {3},
  pages = {e9573},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0009573},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/how-accurate-and-robust-are-the-phylogenetic-estimates-of-austronesian-language-relationships/},
}

2009

Darwin, language, and two great Pacific voyages

Greenhill SJ, & Gray RD. 2009. Darwin, language, and two great Pacific voyages. New Zealand Science Review, 66: 97-101.

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@misc{Greenhill2009,
  title = {Darwin, language, and two great Pacific voyages},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D.},
  year = {2009},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/darwin-language-and-two-great-pacific-voyages/},
}

ABVD Austronesian Phylogenetics
Austronesian language phylogenies: Myths and misconceptions about Bayesian computational methods
Greenhill SJ & Gray RD. 2009. Austronesian language phylogenies: Myths and misconceptions about Bayesian computational methods. In Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift for Robert Blust (Pp 375-397). A. Adelaar & A. Pawley (Eds). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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```
@misc{Greenhill2009,
  title = {Austronesian language phylogenies: Myths and misconceptions about Bayesian computational methods},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D.},
  year = {2009},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/austronesian-language-phylogenies-myths-and-misconceptions-about-bayesian-computational-methods/},
}
```

Does horizontal transmission invalidate cultural phylogenies?

Greenhill SJ, Currie TE & Gray RD. 2009. Does horizontal transmission invalidate cultural phylogenies? Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276: 2299-2306.

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  title = {Does horizontal transmission invalidate cultural phylogenies?},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Currie, Thomas E. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {276},
  number = {1665},
  pages = {2299--2306},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2009},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2008.1944},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/does-horizontal-transmission-invalidate-cultural-phylogenies/},
}

Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies

Jordan FM, Gray RD, Greenhill SJ & Mace R. 2009. Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276:1957-1964.

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@article{Jordan2009,
  title = {Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies},
  author = {Jordan, Fiona M. and Gray, Russell D. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Mace, Ruth},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {276},
  number = {1664},
  pages = {1957--1964},
  publisher = {The Royal Society},
  year = {2009},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2009.0088},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/matrilocal-residence-is-ancestral-in-austronesian-societies/},
}

Language Phylogenies Reveal Expansion Pulses and Pauses in Pacific Settlement

Gray RD, Drummond AJ, & Greenhill SJ. 2009. Language Phylogenies Reveal Expansion Pulses and Pauses in Pacific Settlement. Science, 323: 479-483.

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@article{Gray2009,
  title = {Language Phylogenies Reveal Expansion Pulses and Pauses in Pacific Settlement},
  author = {Gray, Russell D. and Drummond, Alexei J. and Greenhill, Simon J.},
  journal = {Science},
  volume = {323},
  number = {5913},
  pages = {479--483},
  publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
  year = {2009},
  doi = {10.1126/science.1166858},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/language-phylogenies-reveal-expansion-pulses-and-pauses-in-pacific-settlement/},
}

2008

The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics

Greenhill SJ, Blust R, & Gray RD. 2008. The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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@article{Greenhill2008,
  title = {The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Blust, Robert A. and Gray, Russell D.},
  journal = {Evolutionary Bioinformatics},
  volume = {4},
  publisher = {SAGE Publications},
  year = {2008},
  doi = {10.4137/EBO.S893},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/the-austronesian-basic-vocabulary-database-from-bioinformatics-to-lexomics/},
}

Languages evolve in punctuational bursts

Atkinson QD, Meade A, Venditti C, Greenhill SJ & Pagel M. 2008. Languages evolve in punctuational bursts. Science, 319, 588.

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@article{Atkinson2008,
  title = {Languages evolve in punctuational bursts},
  author = {Atkinson, Quentin D. and Meade, Andrew and Venditti, Chris and Greenhill, Simon J. and Pagel, Mark},
  journal = {Science},
  volume = {319},
  number = {5863},
  pages = {588--588},
  publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
  year = {2008},
  doi = {10.1126/science.1149683},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/languages-evolve-in-punctuational-bursts/},
}

2007

The Pleasures and Perils of Darwinizing Culture (with phylogenies)

Gray RD, Greenhill SJ & Ross RM. 2007. The Pleasures and Perils of Darwinizing Culture (with phylogenies). Biological Theory, 2(4): 360-375.

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@article{Gray2007,
  title = {The Pleasures and Perils of Darwinizing Culture (with phylogenies)},
  author = {Gray, Russell D. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Ross, Robert M.},
  journal = {Biological Theory},
  volume = {2},
  number = {4},
  pages = {360--375},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  year = {2007},
  doi = {10.1162/biot.2007.2.4.360},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/the-pleasures-and-perils-of-darwinizing-culture-with-phylogenies/},
}

2005

Austronesian Phylogenetics Prehistory
Testing Population Dispersal Hypotheses: Pacific Settlement, Phylogenetic Trees, and Austronesian Languages
Greenhill SJ & Gray RD. 2005. Testing Population Dispersal Hypotheses: Pacific Settlement, Phylogenetic Trees, and Austronesian Languages. In:The Evolution of Cultural Diversity: Phylogenetic Approaches. Editors: R Mace, C Holden, & S Shennan. Publisher: UCL Press.
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```
@misc{Greenhill2005,
  title = {Testing Population Dispersal Hypotheses: Pacific Settlement, Phylogenetic Trees, and Austronesian Languages},
  author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D.},
  year = {2005},
  url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/testing-population-dispersal-hypotheses/},
}
```