It’s widely thought that human language evolved in universally similar ways, following trajectories common across place and culture, and possibly reflecting common linguistic structures in our ...

Meanwhile, the documented influence of French sign language within the Western European language tree is backed up by France’s help in expanding Deaf education schools during the 18th century.

The Bridge Between Language and Human Evolution It may surprise you to learn that language is not just a tool for communication—it’s a living record of our evolution. Scientists believe that ...

But until now, scientists lacked a complete evolutionary timeline that includes them all. The most recent and detailed phylogenomic tree assembled to date included 239 primate species.

Archaeology Human Evolution Strange pits on 'hobbit' teeth and other archaic humans could reveal hidden links in our family tree News By Kristina Killgrove published 12 June 2025 ...

By sequencing an enormous amount of data, a group of hundreds of researchers has gained new insights into how flowers evolved on Earth.

The tree of life maps out the relationships between all living things, and it's in constant flux.

Over the past 500 million years, nearly all evolutionary changes in octopuses and squids occurred in rapid bursts during the emergence of new species, according to research from the University of ...

The 1.6 million-year-old discovery that changes what we know about human evolution New research suggests language is eight times older than previously thought ...