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The volume compiles well over a hundred empirical and theoretical contributions across linguistics and related disciplines, highlighting ongoing growth of the language evolution research community. It describes the implementation of double-blind peer review, the roles of organizing and reviewing committees across multiple countries, and provides publication details including licensing terms and ISBN.","The Evolution of Language  \nProceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang12)  \nEditors:  \nChristine Cuskley Hannah Little Andrea Ravignani  \nMolly Flaherty Luke McCrohon Tessa Verhoef  \nEvolang 12 Organizing Committee March 13, 2018  \nPublished by:  \nEvolang 12 Organizing Committee  \nThe Evolution of Language  \nProceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang12)  \nCopyright status of individual papers is indicated on their 􀀌rst page. All other sections are licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA 4 .0 license.  \nCover photography by Jon Carr, Limor Raviv, Sabrina Engesser, Oren Poliva, Glenn Edward Green, Robert Hawkins, Sonja Vernes and Connie de Vos licensed under a Creative Commons BY-ND 4 .0 license.  \nISBN 978-83-231-3991-1  \nA digital copy of this volume will remain available for download at: [http://www.evolang.org/](http://www.evolang.org/)  \nIn memory of Irit Meir  \niv  \nPreface  \nThe 12th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EvoLang XII) was held in Toru􀀓n, Poland from the 16th-19th of April 2018, generously organised by the Centre for Language Evolution Studies at Nicolas Copernicus University. The success of the event is due in large part to the dedication of the_local organising committee, led by Slawomir Wacewiczand Przemyslaw Zywiczy􀀓nski, and with the support of Julia Trzeciakowska and Marek Placi􀀓nski. Without their contribution, the conference would not have been possible.  \nThe conference received more submissions than ever in this iteration, making the hard work of our reviewers more important than ever. This volume contains well over a hundred high quality contributions from disciplines spanning linguistics, psychology, biology, archaeology, physiology, and genetics (among others) . EvoLang XII marks a continued expansion of the EvoLang community, showcasing the ever increasing quality and rigour of empirical and theoretical research on the evolution of language.  \nThis volume would not have been possible without the hard work of the panel of reviewers (p.vii) . Following the success of double blind review at EvoLang XI (New Orleans), we implemented the same double-blind procedure this year. The invaluable time and expertise of the review panel, which represents the core of the EvoLang community, is essential to the continued scienti􀀌c rigour found at EvoLang as we slowly but surely tackle the \\hardest problem in science\".  \nAs the EvoLang community progresses through its third decade, we now bene􀀌t from the expertise of scholars `raised' on EvoLang from a young (academic) age. Members of the scienti􀀌c committee have all bene􀀌tted in one way or another from mentoring by members of EvoLang's central organising committee ([p.vi](p.vi)), who have worked hard to set up several hubs of language evolution research around the world, and who hold the conference together as local and scienti􀀌c committees come and go.  \nThe EvoLang XII scienti􀀌c editing committee in particular is a testament to the vital involvement of early career researchers in the evolution of language community, and was a feat of intense international collaboration. 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