Do we bend it like Beckham?
This post is part of a small series of posts on social learning and cooperation.
Jean-Baptiste's reaction to Laurent Lehmann's (and his colleagues') criticism of Boyd and Richerson's models made me brood over the notion of prestige-biased imitation. This notion is central to their whole system: ...
A new book by Daniel Everett on the Pirahã
A new book on the Pirahã by Daniel L. Everett:
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle.
(Pantheon Books in the US and Profile books in the UK, November 2008)
"A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett while ...