A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and ...

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

A new Science paper challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture ...

Human languages are complex phenomena. Around 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, some with only a handful of remaining speakers, while others, such as Chinese, English, Spanish and Hindi, are ...

The journalist covered India for 25 years before being forced to leave the country under pressure from the Modi government.

This book not only brings you folk stories, myths and details of local and cultural beliefs about these animals, but also information about the roles they play in shaping modern pop-culture and ...

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

Are tech companies on the verge of creating thinking machines with their tremendous AI models, as top executives claim they are? Not according to one expert. We humans tend to associate language with ...

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, on Friday (November 21, 2025), called Sanskrit “a dead language,” drawing a sharp response from the BJP which said leaders must be more responsible ...