A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans, scientists say. And it changes how mice squeak.

Between the end of Roman antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages, laws appeared in both the Codex Theosianus and the ...

Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, when the planet was ...

For thousands of years, spoken language has set humans apart from all other species. The ability to convey complex ideas, ...

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA. The ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language in humans. When put in mice, it changed the way ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

Hidden beneath Egypt’s desert sands, scientists uncovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a 30-million-year-old ...

indicating advanced cognitive and symbolic behaviour among early humans. In contrast, artefacts from Amud Cave, with shallow and unpatterned incisions, are consistent with functional use.