All languages likely come from a single original one, and early people began spreading around the world 135,000 years ago.

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

There are many famous examples of animals who seem to understand human language. But is there any real science behind them?

One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of ...

It is a deep question, from deep in our history: When did human language as we know it emerge? A new survey of genomic evidence suggests our unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 ...

In a quest to understand complex speech, scientists inserted what's been dubbed a human “language gene” into mice. Remarkably ...

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Genomic evidence suggests that the capacity for human language emerged at least 135,000 years ago, coinciding with the initial geographic divergence of Homo ...

Generative AI systems like large language models and text-to-image generators can pass rigorous exams that are required of anyone seeking to become a doctor or a lawyer. They can perform better than ...