Ronald Veldhuizen wrote an article in De Volkskrant (Dutch newspaper), in the science series "Wild idee": Gaat een steenoud sterrenbeeldverhaal helemaal terug naar de prehistorie?, about a theory by Julien d’Huy on the reconstruction of an ancestral tree of myths. I gave a short comment on the theory in the article, based on my experiences with reconstructing phylogenetic trees of languages. Jamie Tehrani also gave his vision and compared the theory to his own models.
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Title Gaat een steenoud sterrenbeeldverhaal helemaal terug naar de prehistorie? Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet De Volkskrant Media type Print Country/Territory Netherlands Date 27/02/21 Producer/Author Ronald Veldhuizen URL https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/gaat-een-steenoud-sterrenbeeldverhaal-helemaal-terug-naar-de-prehistorie~b72e05d1/ Persons Peter Dekker
Keywords
- myths
- mythology
- phylogenetic reconstruction
- cultural evolution