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The sixth referenced paper: Bird, R. B., D. W. Bird, B. F. Codding, C. H. Parker, and J. H. Jones. 2008. The “Fire Stick Farming” Hypothesis: Australian Aborig
by DrBazza 9y ago
The sixth referenced paper:
Bird, R. B., D. W. Bird, B. F. Codding, C. H. Parker, and J. H. Jones. 2008. The “Fire Stick Farming” Hypothesis: Australian Aboriginal Foraging Strategies, Biodiversity, and Anthropogenic Fire Mosaics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:14796–14801. Crossref, PubMed, Google Scholar
Not quite an aptronym, but close.
- nakedrobot2 9y agoThe paper was written by two people called "Bird" ?! File under "nominative determinism"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
- CiPHPerCoder 9y agoI wonder if they're also self-professed pyromaniacs? :^) Kidding aside, I'd never heard about "nominative determinism" before. That's rather neat.