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Shelece Easterday

University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaORCID 0000-0003-1186-1044Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintOct 16, 2026

Evolutionary dynamics of maximal syllable complexity show no universal bias rooted in jaw biomechanics

Laura C. Dees, Shelece Easterday, Paul Widmer…·Chundra Cathcart

The paper uses phylogenetic comparative methods to analyze syllable complexity across 5 language families, finding lineage-specific factors drive variation more than universal biomechanical biases.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.15.759367

statistical modelphylogenetics / evolution

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