Today, humans speak over 7,000 languages, yet all of them might share a common origin that dates back at least 135,000 years.

The genetic hardware that gave rise to humanity’s unique language capabilities first emerged at least 135,000 years ago, when ...

Explore the origins of human language and its capacity dating back at least 135,000 years, reshaping how we interact.

Humans speak more than 7,000 languages today. As different as they all seem, researchers argue in a new review that they all ...

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.

This date serves as a “lower boundary” for when language capacity must have emerged. But since Homo sapiens is at least ...

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

When did human language begin? It’s a deep question about our past. A new study suggests that humans had the ability to use ...

Researchers say they may have finally discovered the key genetic change that enabled all of modern human speech.

It is a deep question, from deep in our history: when did human language as we know it emerge? A new survey of genomic ...