Hundreds of hours of recordings suggest that the apes can generate meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs. But some ...

A new study finds bonobos combine sounds in complex ways, offering clues to the early roots of human language and how ...

The ability to put together meaningful ‘words’ to form a ‘sentence’ with a new meaning was thought to be unique to humans ...

Humans can effortlessly talk about an infinite number of topics, from neuroscience to pink elephants, by combining words into ...

The peeps, hoots and grunts of wild bonobos, a species of great ape living in the African rainforest, can convey complex ...

Scientists have long considered the complexity of language to be an obvious separation between humans and all other life ...

Human language is probably not as unique as it is thought to be. Scientists at the University of Zurich (UZH) have shown that bonobos combine their c ...

Wild bonobos – our closest living relatives – communicate using vocal calls organized in compositionally complex semantic structures that mirror key ...

Language is not neutral; words carry meanings and possess different communicative implications. Consequently, every conflict entails a struggle over the terms used or their content. The intrinsic ...

Just like any other form of communication, people can use emoji ... In one 2019 case, these kinds of hidden meanings were critical in securing a conviction in a sex-trafficking case.

Wild bonobos – our closest living relatives – communicate using vocal calls organized in compositionally complex semantic structures that mirror key features of human language, according to a new ...

Amit Kalley, the founder of the organization For Working Parents, has issued an urgent warning to parents about the secret meanings of smartphone emojis that could be used by children to convey ...