There are many famous examples of animals who seem to understand human language. But is there any real science behind them?

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Genomic evidence suggests that the capacity for human language emerged at least 135,000 years ago, coinciding with the initial geographic divergence of Homo ...

In a quest to understand complex speech, scientists inserted what's been dubbed a human “language gene” into mice. Remarkably, the genetic tweak had a profound impact on the little rodents ...