The ubiquity of digital music consumption has made it possible to extract information about modern music that allows us to perform large scale analysis of stylistic change over time. In order to uncover underlying patterns in cultural evolution, we exami
You realize pop culture likes to spit out archetypes. At now 50 years old, hip-hop has reached a point where the highest-selling star can self-mockingly call himself a certified lover boy while still embodying many of the genre’s misogynist ideals; where drill music is the dominant hyper...
We found no evidence that the offspring of species with menopause require more investment to successfully reach maturity than the offspring of species without menopause. As measures of investment in offspring, we used age at maturity as a metric of the time cost of raising an offspring; and adul...
Identifying, analyzing, and explaining trends in the development of material culture is one of the major concerns in prehistoric archaeology. The traditional recording of data in typologies, however, is not optimal for answering the question of diachronic change because typological data capture variabilit...
Dominance in self-compatibility between subgenomes of allopolyploid Arabidopsis kamchatica shown by transgenic restoration of self-incompatibility Article Open access 29 November 2023 Breakdown of self-incompatibility due to genetic interaction between a specific S-allele and an unlinked modifier Article...
Welcome once again to the Cruelest Day: Tuesday, February 28, 2023, and the last day of the month. Tomorrow March comes in like a lion! It’sNational Chocolate Souffle Day, though I doubt any readers will be partaking of that today. ...
In addition to setting the scene for Pop Art in terms of subject matter, this piece also inspired other members of the movement to explore collage art. Contemporary Collage Artists Today, numerous artists have kept up the collage tradition. While many continue to construct their assembled compositi...
The evolution of idioms in Spanish October 16, 2023 Blog, Spanish and Latin-American Culture, Literature and History Have you never heard “más vale tarde que nunca” or “a quien madruga, Dios lo ayuda”? Cero that you have! Spanish idioms (refranes) are pearls of wisdom passed down by...
The functional synthesis of molecular evolution provides independent corroboration of statistical inferences that have been drawn from sequence analyses. The functional synthesis of molecular evolution explicitly connects genotype with phenotype to allow mechanistic insights into the causes of adaptive change and...
Microbial secretions, such as metabolic enzymes, are often considered to be cooperative public goods as they are costly to produce but can be exploited by others. They create incentives for the evolution of non-producers, which can drive producer and pop