This ability to manipulate meaning through call combinations is a key characteristic of human language. Chimpanzees thus demonstrate cognitive flexibility that brings their communication closer to ...

I said previously that human self-conscious awareness arose as a consequence of two other unique human attributes, our capacity for language and our ability to continually transform the world by ...

Young chimpanzees have a vocal ability that is also seen in human babies—one that is considered to be a key building block in language development—a study has revealed.

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is ...

NOVA1 may be a bona fide human 'language gene,' though certainly it's only one of many human-specific genetic changes." Robert B. Darnell, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology Three ...

Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language. Human language, however, allows an ...

A recent study has revealed that wild chimpanzees use vocal combinations with remarkable complexity, analogous to fundamental principles of human language.This discovery challenges the long-held ...

Tiny filler words in human rapid-fire conversation hold the key to understanding how language is unique, according to a new book. But anthropologist Barbara J. King raises some questions.

A new study suggests that the NOVA1 gene may have been a key player in the evolution of human language. By Carl Zimmer Scientists have long struggled to understand how human language evolved ...

Could chimpanzees hold a key to the evolution of human language? A recent study reveals complex vocal combinations in our closest relatives. Researchers recorded thousands of vocalizations from wild ...