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Random drift versus selection in academic vocabulary: an evolutionary analysis of published keywords (2008)
Journal Article
Bentley, R. (2008). Random drift versus selection in academic vocabulary: an evolutionary analysis of published keywords. PLoS ONE, 3(8), Article e3057. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003057

The evolution of vocabulary in academic publishing is characterized via keyword frequencies recorded in the ISI Web of Science citations database. In four distinct case-studies, evolutionary analysis of keyword frequency change through time is compar... Read More about Random drift versus selection in academic vocabulary: an evolutionary analysis of published keywords.

Increasing the relevance of mathematical approaches to demographic history (2008)
Journal Article
Riede, F., & Bentley, R. (2008). Increasing the relevance of mathematical approaches to demographic history. Quality and Quantity, 42(2), 275-281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-007-9144-9

In this short paper we comment on recent efforts at formally modelling the interplay between demography and cultural evolution. We draw attention to the fact that, although these efforts are to be applauded, much work has already been done in this ar... Read More about Increasing the relevance of mathematical approaches to demographic history.