Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...

Humpback whale songs share structural similarities with human language, suggesting complex communication patterns.

Research has revealed a previously undetected ‘language-like structure’ in whale song that was thought to be unique to human ...

Scientists have discovered that human language and whale songs have remarkable similarities in the way they are segmented and ...

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be ...

Somewhere in the frozen plains of southwestern Russia, a 40-foot circle of mammoth bones and tusks has stood for over 24,000 ...

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Whale song and human language share the same structure according to a breakthrough study by an international team of marine biologists and language experts. Humpback whale. Photo credit Operation ...