A new study finds that humpback whale song shares statistical structures with human language, suggesting that cultural ...

A human-specific NOVA1 gene variant may have influenced the emergence of spoken language. When introduced into mice, it ...

A new study suggests the unique human version of the NOVA1 protein developed after our ancestors split from Neanderthals on ...

The songs of humpback whales exhibit structural patterns similar to human language, challenging long-held assumptions about the uniqueness of human language, according to a study published on ...

The study, led by the University of St Andrews, revealed a previously undetected “language-like structure” in whale song that was thought to be unique to human language. This suggests that ...

Once thought of as the hallmark of human uniqueness, foundational aspects of human language may be shared across evolutionary-distant species. Dr. Ellen Garland from the University of St Andrews ...

The study, led by the University of St Andrews, revealed a previously undetected “language-like structure” in whale song that was thought to be unique to human language. This suggests that ...