The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene

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Author: delichon

Date: 7/24/2026

Article Summary:
The article discusses the rise and fall of language diversity over the Holocene period, using a Bayesian modeling approach, ethnographic data, and estimates of the total human population size over time.