Fiona recently gave an overview of the VariKin project for CoastFMÂ and SourceFM in Cornwall. She talked to Ben Makin on his Celebrity Science show about our three projects on kinship term evolution and the KinBank database, kinship language usage, and fieldwork on acquisition by children. The conversation ranged further into speculation on how the language … Read more
What with the interdisciplinary thing, I know some delightful and interesting people in quite disparate fields. Starter for 10 is a semi-regular (monthly) series of peer interviews, with questions both serious and trivial for your edification. This month’s interview is with Dr Mike Dickison, who wears many awesome hats: comparative fossil biologist, teacher of and … Read more
What with the interdisciplinary thing, I know some delightful and interesting people in quite disparate fields. Starter for 10 is a semi-regular (fortnightly) series of peer interviews, with questions both serious and trivial for your edification. I’m very excited that this week’s interview is with Professor Rod Page, an evolutionary biologist at the University of … Read more
What with the interdisciplinary thing, I know some delightful and interesting people in quite disparate fields. Starter for 10 is a semi-regular (fortnightly) series of peer interviews, with questions both serious and trivial for your edification. This week’s interview is with Dr Disa Sauter, who works three doors down from me at the Max Planck … Read more
What with the interdisciplinary thing, I know some delightful and interesting people in quite disparate fields. Starter for 10 will be a semi-regular (fortnightly) series of peer interviews, with questions both serious and trivial for your edification. I’m starting off with my friend and colleague Dr Simon Greenhill, from the University of Auckland. 1. In … Read more