Triangulations blogger Sabio Lantz recently put together this rather clever diagram showing how the English language has evolved over the past 3,000 years. And yes, though it first emerged as a ...

The peak of language diversity may have been ... known as phylogenies, which chart the history of their evolution in a manner analogous to that for biological species. It also means that the ...

Could chimpanzees hold a key to the evolution of human language? A recent study reveals complex vocal combinations in our ...

the demands of language would have had time to affect brain evolution more broadly. A large network of subtle gene changes and neurological adjustments would be involved, resulting in a well ...

Joshua Plotkin’s dive into the evolution of language began with clarity—and also a lack of it. Today, if you wanted to talk about something that’s clear, you’d say that it has clarity.

However, these birds do not acquire combinatorial language. So, evolution of sound articulation is independent from and also a simpler process than improving voluntary imagination. In conclusion ...

However, if changes in connectivity along this pathway are a major contributor to the evolution of language, then what are the functions of those pre-existing cortical areas in macaques and ...