Learning French, reading the latest Andy Weir novel, hanging out with friends for St. Patrick's Day - language is central to all these everyday activities. Seemingly effortless from childhood, ...

The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens ...

A study has provided evidence that young chimpanzees are capable of vocal functional flexibility; a known building block in human language development. The ability to produce sounds that can fulfil a ...

The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens the only hominids who could give detailed directions to a far-off freshwater ...

Veena D. Dwivedi receives funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and Brock University. Brock University provides funding as a ...

Expression pattern of NOVA1 in the brain of amouse. NOVA1 in green, nuclei (DAPI) in blue. The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are ...

How much does the evolution of human speech owe to one amino acid? The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens the only ...