Forgotten books: the application of unseen species models to the survival of culture

The study of ancient cultures is hindered by the incomplete survival of material artifacts, so we commonly underestimate the diversity of cultural production in historic societies. To correct this survivorship bias, we applied unseen species models from ecology to gauge the loss of narratives from m...

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Main Authors: Kestemont, M, Karsdorp, F, de Bruijn, E, Driscoll, M, Kapitan, KA, Ó Macháin, P, Sawyer, DE, Sleiderink, R, Chao, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022