There are plenty of animals that talk by mimicking the language of humans. But now linguists claim that humans learned to speak by copying primates and birds 100,000 years ago. While previous research ...

Language evolved around 30 million years ago, when primates developed the capacity to understand the structure of sentences, scientists have claimed. Researchers believe the ability humans have to ...

The way toddlers and apes communicate is 'strikingly similar' - and much more alike than initially believed. This is the conclusion of UCLA researchers who, for the first time, have compared the ...

For more than a century, historical documents show researchers have conducted experiments to determine whether apes are capable of communicating not only with members of their own species, but with ...

Humans share elements of a common language with other apes, understanding many gestures that wild chimps and bonobos use to communicate. That is the conclusion of a video-based study in which ...

Introduction: primatological perspectives on language / Barbara J. King -- Viewed from up close: monkeys, apes, and language-origins theories / Barbara J. King -- Primate social organization, gestural ...

Apes and humans are so similar it is impossible not to wonder what exactly separates us from our closest relatives on earth. "There is no other creature that so charms and fascinates the beholder as ...

Chimpanzee sign language apes the way humans communicate, research has shown. The primates employ gestures that follow some of the same rules intrinsic to human language, scientists have learned.

ONE thing emerges with complete clarity from the reports of last week’s Primates’ meeting: if ever the Archbishop of Canterbury were to look for a change in life, he could make a good living playing ...

The similarities between apes and people have long fascinated scientists. Yet, writes Mary Colwell, the differences can be just as thrilling. "When you look into the eyes of an ape you see an ...