Islands have played a pivotal role in evolutionary biology, focussing theory & providing “laboratories” of evolutionary change. Islands generate biodiversity, but island endemics are vulnerable to loss. Would we see similar patterns for language diversity? We set out to find out... rdcu.be/dS3Xp

Looking for a postdoc in molecular evolution & macroevolution? Interested in connecting rates of genomic change to patterns of biodiversity? Come to the Australian National University & work with us!

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📸Robin Eckerman (cover from Origins of Biodiversity OUP 2019)