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

In a quest to understand complex speech, scientists inserted what's been dubbed a human “language gene” into mice. Remarkably, the genetic tweak had a profound impact on the little rodents' ability to ...

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.

An AI model trained on dozens of hours of real-world conversation accurately predicts human brain activity and shows that ...

In 2001, British scientists said they discovered the first gene tied to a language and speech disorder. Called FOXP2, it was referred to as the human language gene. But though FOXP2 is involved in ...

A common interest in language unites social scientists and natural language processing (NLP) researchers. While both fields leverage the strong connection between language and behavior, social ...