| 2001 | - | Evolution of universal grammar - Nowak,Komarova,Niyogi | :: | 90 |
| 2000 | - | The evolution of syntactic communication - Nowak,Plotkin,Jansen | :: | 81 |
| 1999 | - | The evolutionary language game - Nowak,Plotkin,Krakauer | :: | 51 |
| 2002 | - | Computational and evolutionary aspects of language - Nowak,Komarova,Niyogi | :: | 49 |
| 2001 | - | The evolutionary dynamics of grammar acquisition - Komarova,Niyogi,Nowak | :: | 33 |
| 2001 | - | Towards an evolutionary theory of language - Nowak,Komarova | :: | 26 |
| 2005 | - | The Faculty of Language: What's Special about it? - Pinker,Jackendoff | :: | 25 |
| 2000 | - | The evolution of speech: a comparative review - Fitch | :: | 24 |
| 2005 | - | Coordinating Perceptually Grounded Categories through Language: A Case Study for Colour - Steels,Belpaeme | :: | 23 |
| 2005 | - | Language evolution and population dynamics in a system of two interacting species - Kosmidis,Halley,Argyrakis | :: | 22 |
| 2001 | - | The evolutionary dynamics of the lexical matrix - Komarova,Nowak | :: | 20 |
| 2003 | - | Least effort and the origins of scaling in human language - Ferrer-i-Cancho,Sole | :: | 19 |
| 1999 | - | An error limit for the evolution of language - Nowak,Krakauer,Dress | :: | 19 |
| 2006 | - | The Computational Nature of Language Learning and Evolution - Niyogi | :: | 18 |
| 2002 | - | Self-organization and selection in the emergence of vocabulary - Ke,Minett,Au,Wang | :: | 16 |
| 2001 | - | The small world of human language - Ferrer-i-Cancho,Sole | :: | 16 |
| 2000 | - | Language evolution and information theory - Plotkin,Nowak | :: | 15 |
| 2001 | - | Constrained Emergence of Universals and Variation in Syllable Systems - Redford,Chen,Miikkulainen | :: | 14 |
| 2004 | - | Patterns in syntactic dependency networks - Ferrer-i-Cancho,Sole | :: | 12 |
| 2005 | - | The emergence and evolution of linguistic structure: from lexical to grammatical communication systems - Steels | :: | 12 |
| 2003 | - | Language dynamics in finite populations - Komarova,Nowak | :: | 12 |
| 2005 | - | Microscopic and Macroscopic Simulation of Competition between Languages - Stauffer,Schulze | :: | 11 |
| 2000 | - | Evolutionary biology of language - Nowak | :: | 11 |
| 2000 | - | Nash equilibria for an evolutionary language game - Trapa,Nowak | :: | 11 |
| 2000 | - | The basic reproductive ratio of a word, the maximum size of a lexicon - Nowak | :: | 10 |
| 2000 | - | Error, Population Structure and the Origin of Diverse Sign Systems - Grassly,von Haeseler,Krakauer | :: | 9 |
| 2006 | - | On the emergence of compositionality - De Beule,Bergen | :: | 9 |
| 2001 | - | Language as an evolving word web - Dorogovtsev,Mendes | :: | 9 |
| 2004 | - | Win-stay, lose-shift in language learning from peers - Matsen,Nowak | :: | 8 |
| 2001 | - | Emergent syntax: the unremitting value of computational modeling for understanding the origins of complex language - Zuidema | :: | 8 |
| 2003 | - | Bifurcation Analysis of the Fully Symmetric Language Dynamical Equation - Mitchener | :: | 8 |
| 2001 | - | Natural selection of the critical period for language acquisition - Komarova,Nowak | :: | 8 |
| 2001 | - | Cost and conflict in animal signals and human language - Lachmann,Szamado,Bergstrom | :: | 8 |
| 2005 | - | What Triggers the Emergence of Grammar? - Steels | :: | 7 |
| 2000 | - | Selective advantages of syntactic language - a model study - Zuidema,Hogeweg | :: | 7 |
| 2003 | - | Evolution of an Optimal Lexicon under Constraints from Embodiment - Zuidema,Westermann | :: | 6 |
| 2005 | - | The consequences of Zipf's law for syntax and symbolic reference - Ferrer-i-Cancho,Riordan,Bollobas | :: | 6 |
| 2002 | - | The Computational Study of Diachronic Linguistics - Niyogi | :: | 6 |
| 2005 | - | Decoding least effort and scaling in signal frequency distributions - Ferrer-i-Cancho | :: | 6 |
| 2003 | - | Competitive Exclusion and Coexistence of Universal Grammars - Mitchener,Nowak | :: | 5 |
| 2005 | - | Simple models of distributed co-ordination - Kaplan | :: | 5 |
| 2003 | - | A Distributed Learning Algorithm for Communication Development - de Jong,Steels | :: | 5 |
| 2008 | - | Cultural evolution: implications for understanding the human language faculty and its evolution - Smith,Kirby | :: | 4 |
| 2000 | - | Survival of the Clearest - Pinker | :: | 4 |
| 2007 | - | Evolution of vocabulary on scale-free and random networks - Kalampokis,Kosmidis,Argyrakis | :: | 4 |
| 2004 | - | The Ising model for changes in word ordering rules in natural languages - Itoh,Ueda | :: | 4 |
| 2000 | - | Evolution of syntax in groups of agents - Zuidema | :: | 4 |
| 2003 | - | Optimal communication in a noisy and heterogeneous environment - Zuidema | :: | 3 |
| 2007 | - | The emergence of simple languages in an experimental coordination game - Selten,Warglien | :: | 3 |
| 2007 | - | Statistical physics of social dynamics - Castellano,Fortunato,Loreto | :: | 3 |
| 2005 | - | The Major Transitions in the Evolution of Language - Zuidema | :: | 2 |
| 2002 | - | The constructive approach to the dynamical view of language - Hashimoto | :: | 2 |
| 2006 | - | Language time series analysis - Kosmidis,Kalampokis,Argyrakis | :: | 2 |
| 2002 | - | Learning to communicate: The emergence of signaling in spatialized arrays of neural nets - Grim,Denis,Kokalis | :: | 2 |
| 2001 | - | Selective imitation for a private sign system - Krakauer | :: | 2 |
| 2006 | - | Statistical Mechanical Approach to Human Language - Kosmidis,Kalampokis,Argyrakis | :: | 2 |
| 2003 | - | A Mathematical Model of Human Languages: The Interaction of Game Dynamics and Learning Processes - Mitchener | :: | 2 |
| 2004 | - | Hominid cultural transmission and the evolution of language - Castro,Medina,Toro | :: | 2 |
| 2008 | - | Asymmetric negotiation in structured language games - Yang,Wang,Wang | :: | 2 |
| 2001 | - | Major Transitions in Language Evolution - Plotkin,Nowak | :: | 2 |
| 2008 | - | Cultural route to the emergence of linguistic categories - Puglisi,Baronchelli,Loreto | :: | 2 |
| 2005 | - | The role of construction grammar in language grounding - Steels | :: | 1 |
| 2002 | - | Evolution of language diversity: the survival of the fitness - Solan,Ruppin,Horn,Edelman | :: | 1 |
| 2000 | - | Simulated Evolution of Communication: The Emergence of Meaning - Perfors | :: | 1 |
| 2006 | - | Selective scenarios for the emergence of natural language - Szamado,Szathmary | :: | 1 |
| 2007 | - | Finite populations choose an optimal language. - Pawlowitsch | :: | 1 |
| 2006 | - | Network topology and self-consistency in language games - Corominas,Sole | :: | 1 |
| 2006 | - | Simulation model for the evolution of language with spatial topology - Di Chio,Di Chio | :: | 1 |
| 2001 | - | Towards formal models of embodiment and self-organization of language - Zuidema,Westermann | :: | 1 |
| 2007 | - | The Evolution of Conventions in Multi-Agent Systems - de Vylder | :: | 1 |
| 2003 | - | Phonemic Coding: Optimal Communication under Noise? - de Boer,Zuidema | :: | 1 |
| 2002 | - | Using Game Theory to Model the Evolution of Information: an Illustrative Game - Broom | :: | |
| 2005 | - | Information theoretic models in language evolution - Ahlswede,Arikan,Baumer,Deppe | :: | |
| xxxx | - | Demographic growth and the distribution of language sizes - Zanette | :: | |
| 2008 | - | Cost and complexity: Selection for speech and language - Locke | :: | |
| 2008 | - | Analytical Approach to Bit-string Models of Language Evolution - Zanette | :: | |
| 2007 | - | Evolving compositionality in evolutionary language games - Fontanari,Perlovsky | :: | |
| 2001 | - | The Peacock, the Sparrow, and the Evolution of Human Language - Bergstrom,Antia,Számadó,Lachmann | :: | |
| 2008 | - | Feasibility of communication in binary signaling games - Hofbauer,Huttegger | :: | |
| 2008 | - | Evolutionary stability conditions for signaling games with costly signals - Jager | :: | |
| 2008 | - | In-depth analysis of the naming game dynamics: The homogeneous mixing case - Baronchelli,Loreto | :: | |
| 2002 | - | From quasispecies to universal grammar - Nowak | :: | |
| 2003 | - | Universality in syntactic dependencies - Ferrer-i-Cancho,Sole,Kohler | :: | |
| 2007 | - | Game Dynamics with Learning and Evolution of Universal Grammar - Mitchener | :: | |
| 2001 | - | Language's place in nature - Stumpf | :: | |
| 2005 | - | Cultural and Biological Evolution of Phonemic Speech - de Boer | :: | |
| 2004 | - | Characterizing the evolutionary dynamics of language - Kello | :: | |
| 2001 | - | On the Relevance of Language Evolution Models for Cognitive Science - Zuidema,Westermann | :: | |
| 2008 | - | Analogy and Multi-Level Selection in the Formation of a Case Grammar. A Case Study in Fluid Construction Grammar - van Trijp | :: | |
| 1999 | - | Social patterns restrict evolving patterns - Zuidema | :: | |
| 2005 | - | Evolution of Speech and Its Acquisition - de Boer | :: | |
| 2006 | - | Scaling laws in language evolution - Sole | :: | |
| 2003 | - | Common language or Tower of Babel? On the evolutionary dynamics of signals and their meanings - van Baalen,Jansen | :: | |