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The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...

Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.