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(a)-(b) For slow language change l, small g triggers stasis: neither languages nor genes evolve. (c)-(d) When language changes rapidly, only small values of g are compatible with both rapidly diverging languages and small genetic divergence between the populations. Other parameters as in Figure 1.
