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Whale Songs Aren’t Just Noise – They Have Surprising Similarities to Human Speech, Study Finds
A study finds that whale songs are similar to human speech patterns after breaking down the sound lengths and frequencies ...
Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research finds
Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.
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Whale Songs Obey Basic Rules of Human Languages
For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than ...
Humpback whale song shown to be structurally similar to human language
Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication of all other species. However, research published in Science has uncovered ...
What the science of baby-speak can tell us about whale songs
Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...