Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

Recent advances in generative AI and machine learning have evolved technological communication to levels beyond what was ...

Expression pattern of NOVA1 in the brain of a mouse. NOVA1 in green, nuclei (DAPI) in blue. Credit: Darnell lab The mystery surrounding the origins of human language continues to intrigue the ...

The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens the only hominids who could give detailed directions to a far-off freshwater ...

What set the modern human brain apart from our now extinct relatives like Neanderthals? A new study by University of California San Diego School of Medicine and an international team of researchers ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

While scientists know humans (homo sapiens) emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago, before this monumental event much of our history has been hazy. Now a team from the University of Cambridge has ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected long ...

Nature has two papers on language which I'll pass along (I don't know enough about this area to say anything non-tardish) for those who have an interest in such things. First, our old friend Martin ...

Reminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. The world’s most popular family of languages has its roots in a small corner of Europe. Its evolution – a story of migration, ...