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2025

Journal Article

Macroevolutionary analysis of polysynthesis shows that language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations

Bromham, Lindell, Yaxley, Keaghan, Wilson, Oscar and Hua, Xia (2025). Macroevolutionary analysis of polysynthesis shows that language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122 (24) e2504483122, 1-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2504483122

Macroevolutionary analysis of polysynthesis shows that language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations

2024

Journal Article

Islands are engines of language diversity

Bromham, Lindell, Yaxley, Keaghan J. and Cardillo, Marcel (2024). Islands are engines of language diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8 (10), 1991-2002. doi: 10.1038/s41559-024-02488-4

Islands are engines of language diversity

2024

Journal Article

Can cyclone exposure explain behavioural and demographic variation among lemur species?

Behie, Alison M., Steffens, Travis S., Yaxley, Keaghan, Vincent, Alan, Wright, Patricia C., Johnson, Steig E. and Pavelka, Mary S. M. (2024). Can cyclone exposure explain behavioural and demographic variation among lemur species?. PLoS One, 19 (3) e0300972, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300972

Can cyclone exposure explain behavioural and demographic variation among lemur species?

2024

Journal Article

On the evolutionary history of a simulated disk galaxy as seen by phylogenetic trees

Silva, Danielle de Brito, Jofre, Paula, Tissera, Patricia B., Yaxley, Keaghan J., Jara, Jenny Gonzalez, Eldridge, Camilla J. L., Sillero, Emanuel, Yates, Robert M., Hua, Xia, Das, Payel, Aguilera-Gomez, Claudia, Johnston, Evelyn J., Rojas-Arriagada, Alvaro, Foley, Robert and Gilmore, Gerard (2024). On the evolutionary history of a simulated disk galaxy as seen by phylogenetic trees. Astrophysical Journal, 962 (2) 154, 154. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad036a

On the evolutionary history of a simulated disk galaxy as seen by phylogenetic trees

2024

Journal Article

Assembling a high-precision abundance catalogue of solar twins in GALAH for phylogenetic studies

Walsen, Kurt, Jofre, Paula, Buder, Sven, Yaxley, Keaghan, Das, Payel, Yates, Robert M., Hua, Xia, Signor, Theosamuele, Eldridge, Camilla, Rojas-Arriagada, Alvaro, Tissera, Patricia B., Johnston, Evelyn, Aguilera-Gomez, Claudia, Zoccali, Manuela, Gilmore, Gerry and Foley, Robert (2024). Assembling a high-precision abundance catalogue of solar twins in GALAH for phylogenetic studies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529 (3), 2946-2966. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae280

Assembling a high-precision abundance catalogue of solar twins in GALAH for phylogenetic studies

2023

Journal Article

Functional endemism captures hotspots of unique phenotypes and restricted ranges

Skeels, Alexander and Yaxley, Keaghan J. (2023). Functional endemism captures hotspots of unique phenotypes and restricted ranges. Ecography, 2023 (12) e06913, 1-4. doi: 10.1111/ecog.06913

Functional endemism captures hotspots of unique phenotypes and restricted ranges

2023

Journal Article

Global variation in the relationship between avian phylogenetic diversity and functional distance is driven by environmental context and constraints

Yaxley, Keaghan J., Skeels, Alexander and Foley, Robert A. (2023). Global variation in the relationship between avian phylogenetic diversity and functional distance is driven by environmental context and constraints. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32 (12), 2122-2134. doi: 10.1111/geb.13762

Global variation in the relationship between avian phylogenetic diversity and functional distance is driven by environmental context and constraints

2023

Journal Article

Neighbours and relatives: accounting for spatial distribution when testing causal hypotheses in cultural evolution

Bromham, Lindell and Yaxley, Keaghan J. (2023). Neighbours and relatives: accounting for spatial distribution when testing causal hypotheses in cultural evolution. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 5 e27. doi: 10.1017/ehs.2023.23

Neighbours and relatives: accounting for spatial distribution when testing causal hypotheses in cultural evolution

2021

Journal Article

Using heritability of stellar chemistry to reveal the history of the Milky Way

Jackson, Holly, Jofre, Paula, Yaxley, Keaghan, Das, Payel, Silva, Danielle de Brito and Foley, Robert (2021). Using heritability of stellar chemistry to reveal the history of the Milky Way. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices, 502 (1), 32-47. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa4028

Using heritability of stellar chemistry to reveal the history of the Milky Way

2021

Journal Article

Phylogenetic diversity metrics from molecular phylogenies: modelling expected degree of error under realistic rate variation

Ritchie, Andrew M., Hua, Xia, Cardillo, Marcel, Yaxley, Keaghan J., Dinnage, Russell and Bromham, Lindell (2021). Phylogenetic diversity metrics from molecular phylogenies: modelling expected degree of error under realistic rate variation. Diversity and Distributions, 27 (1), 164-178. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13179

Phylogenetic diversity metrics from molecular phylogenies: modelling expected degree of error under realistic rate variation

2019

Journal Article

Reconstructing the ancestral phenotypes of great apes and humans (Homininae) using subspecies-level phylogenies

Yaxley, Keaghan J. and Foley, Robert A. (2019). Reconstructing the ancestral phenotypes of great apes and humans (Homininae) using subspecies-level phylogenies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128 (4) blz140, 1021-1038. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz140

Reconstructing the ancestral phenotypes of great apes and humans (Homininae) using subspecies-level phylogenies