Perhaps now, even across species. Two new studies this week focused on whale song and found striking, structural parallels to human language, especially in humpback whales.

As reported by HotNews.ro, the study, conducted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and published in Science, found recurring structures within whale songs similar to those in human languages.

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Humpback whale song contains some of the same structural hallmarks as human language, according to new research. An international team of linguists, developmental scientists, marine biologists and ...

A new study reveals that whale song and human languages share features that make them easier to learn. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are known for their complex songs.

Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are remarkably similar to those seen in human language. While this doesn’t mean the songs convey complex meanings like our ...

It turns out both human language and whale song have statistically coherent parts. In other words, they both contain recurring parts where the transitions between elements are more predictable ...

There's a reason "antidisestablishmentarianism" is more a piece of trivia than vital to the English language. Because a word that long is not what human language favours. According to experts, we tend ...