Oceanography
New discoveries about the mysterious language of whales
Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers for the first time know why blue whales on the deep ocean emit a sound like singing. They recorded this sound and provide…
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Oceanography
Whale language is richer than we thought
Humpback whales use up to 35 sounds during communication activities. They also have things
Archeology
Reject the role of FOXP2 gene in human language evolution
Previously, scientists believed that the FOXP2 gene, was associated with the development of speech. It is this gene that explains why modern humans have the advantage of…
Archeology
Ancient stone steles in the
Meroitic is the oldest written language in the southern Sahara region where humans are currently only partially decoding. N
Archeology
People said 1.8 million years ago?
The upright person who lived 1.8 million years ago created language and used language when hunting or shipbuilding conquered remote islands like Flores in Greece and Cre…
Archeology
The stone helps to decode the ancient Egyptian language
The Rosetta stone is a 114cm high, 72cm wide basalt, representing the two languages of Egypt and ancient Greece.
Archeology
Why do we humans eat meat now?
The story of people becoming ambitious carnivores began 65 million years ago.
Archeology
Human voices have germinated from 25 million years ago
Experts believe that the foundations of common spoken language for high-end primates, formed about 25 million years ago.
Archeology
Find out the age of Western fairy tales
According to research by British and Portuguese scientists, fairy tales like
Archeology
The spell on the 1,300-year-old roll of paper in Jordan
Using computerized tomography and image processing software, Danish and German scientists discovered mantras on small rolls of foil, written 1,300 years ago in Jordan.
Archeology
Rude language and tools were born at the same time
Researchers from the University of Liverpool, UK, conducted brain activity tests of 10 stone tool production experts. Participants were asked to perform a tool-making ex…
Archeology
New discovery about the evolution of language
The combination of monkey and human traits in the middle ear bone of two extinct ancient genus shows that human ancestors may have begun to evolve the parts that souther…
Archeology
Restoring ancient language
Researchers have created computer software to restore primitive languages that were the foundation for today's language.
Archeology
Save the language of Jesus
Aramaic, the language of Jesus, is facing the danger of dying when the number of people capable of speaking this type of language plummeted globally.
Archeology
The ancient piece of paper reveals the marriage of the Lord
A historian of Harvard University has just finished deciphering a piece of faded fourth-century papyrus referring to the wife of Jesus. The piece of papyrus written in C…