The Sino-Tibetan language family is one of the world’s largest and most prominent families,
spoken by nearly 1.4 billion people. Despite the importance of the Sino-Tibetan languages, …

Imaginary worlds are present and often central in many of the most culturally successful modern
narrative fictions, be it in novels (eg, Harry Potter), movies (eg, Star Wars), video games (…

The Trivers-Willard hypothesis predicts that parents in good condition are positively biased
towards sons, while parents in poor condition are positively biased towards daughters. An …

Imaginary worlds are one of the hallmarks of modern culture. They are present in many of
the most successful fictions, be it in novels (eg, Harry Potter), films (eg, Star Wars), video …

Admixture is a fundamental evolutionary process that has influenced genetic patterns in
numerous species. Maximum‐likelihood approaches based on allele frequencies and linkage‐…

Science fiction has become very popular across all mediatic forms (eg, in short stories, in
novels, in movies, in TV series). The cultural success of this genre is both geographically …

Linguistic and genetic data have been widely compared, but the histories underlying these
descriptions are rarely jointly inferred. We developed a unique methodological framework for …

Menopause, the permanent cessation of ovulation, occurs in women well before the end of
their expected life span. Several adaptive hypotheses have been proposed to solve this …

From the 15th to the 19th century, the Trans-Atlantic Slave-Trade (TAST) influenced the genetic
and cultural diversity of numerous populations. We explore genomic and linguistic data …

We hypothesize that fictional stories are highly successful in human cultures partly because
they activate evolved cognitive mechanisms, for instance for finding mates (eg, in romance …