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evolutionary biology

Size matters in language evolution – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 February 201528 March 2016

When it comes to new words, size matters. An Australian-based study of 20 Polynesian languages, including New Zealand Maori, suggests […]

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Bearded beauty in the eye of the beholder

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 16 April 201416 April 2014

A University of New South Wales study by Rob Brooks, Zinnia Janif and ex-pat Kiwi Barnaby Dixson has burrowed into […]

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Australians claim Kiwi’s ancestor

In the News  |  Published: 20 December 201324 December 2013

Is New Zealand’s national bird about to go the way of Phar Lapp, Crowded House and pavlova? The Aussies are […]

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Kiwi scientist on mega-organism ancestor research

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 24 November 201124 November 2011

Life was born complex, with the primordial ocean acting as a kind of genetic swap-shop over hundreds of millions of […]

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