A new study links a particular gene to the origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us develop speech.

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in ...

Whether humans are singular among animals in their use of complex language remains a hot topic among scientists in many fields. Rockefeller University researchers Robert B. Darnell and Erich D. Jarvis ...

A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet of a Philippine patrol plane on Tuesday in a disputed area of the the South ...

New experiments have revealed something mind-blowing—apes are capable of communicating unknown information to humans! In controlled studies, scientists observed chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans ...

KUALA LUMPUR – Huawei on Tuesday held a global launch for the industry’s first tri-foldable phone, which analysts said marked ...

A devastating mass stranding in a remote Australian beach saw 157 false killer whales beached in northwestern Tasmania. Just 90 still survived by the time marine conservation experts were able to ...

Much of the early search for a lost Indus Valley language centred on the seals that were found when the old cities were ...

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 shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...