A new genetic study suggests humans developed language at least 135,000 years ago, reshaping our understanding of early ...

It is a deep question, from deep in our history: when did human language as we know it emerge? A new survey of genomic ...

Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words— mm-hmm, um, huh? and the like—that don’t convey any information about the topic of the ...

Mice are still incapable of writing the complete works of Shakespeare, despite some being given a human "language gene".

Dr. Evangelia Papanikolaou, an expert in music therapy, discusses the benefits of this alternative treatment for physical and ...

Marie Davidson’s 2018 album, Working Class Woman, spoke the language of industrial labor. This year the cheeky Québécois ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Johansen, the former lead singer for the New York Dolls, whose unvarnished sound and flamboyant style helped inspire punk and glam rock in the 1970s, has died at age 75 ...

Humpback whale song shares statistical structures with human language, highlighting unexpected similarities in communication across species. Credit: OperationCetaces A new study finds that humpback ...

Of course such dullards exist, and I have elsewhere in these pages chastised a couple of Latinists, of all people, for their lack of appreciation of the Indo-European enterprise. But the comparative ...

Discover how the shift to agriculture transformed not only human diets but also our smiles and speech patterns. This article explores the impact of farming on jaw structure and language evolution.

Imagine two AI systems having a conversation, but instead of using human language, they switch to a mode where their dialogue becomes completely unintelligible. That's exactly what happened when ...

Goya Foods CEO announces departure with anti-child trafficking pledge: 'Will not be silenced' For Better Or For Worse by Lynn Johnston Pope Francis cared deeply for the poor, opened up Catholic ...