Mimicry is an essential strategy for exploiting competitors in competitive co-evolutionary
relationships. Protection against mimicry may, furthermore, be a driving force in human …

Mimicry is exhibited in multiple scales, ranging from molecular, to organismal, and then to
human society.'Batesian'-type mimicry entails a conflict of interest between sender and …

A distinctive feature of all human languages is the diverse and arbitrary nature of the sign
(signifier). This can be interpreted as stating that the mapping between signals and referents …

Mimetic species have evolved to resemble other species to avoid predation (protective
mimicry) or gain access to food (aggressive mimicry). Mimicry systems are frequently …

Many mimetic organisms have evolved a close resemblance to their models, making it
difficult to discriminate between them on the basis of appearance alone. However, if mimics …

“Let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one
another's speech”(Genesis 11: 1). The state of language confusion described in this …

'Mimicry'is used in the evolutionary and ecological literature to describe diverse phenomena.
Many are textbook examples of natural selection's power to produce stunning adaptations …

Protective mimicry has been studied extensively for over a century. Mimicry in a competitive
context, however, has remained largely neglected. It has been overlooked in mimicry …

Recent game-theoretic simulation and analytical models have demonstrated that
cooperative strategies mediated by indicators of cooperative potential, or “tags,” can invade …

The emergence of symbolic communication is often cited as a critical step in the evolution of
Homo sapiens, language, and human-level cognition. It is a widely held assumption that …