Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language. Human language, however, allows an infinite ...

Well more than 100 distinct sign languages exist worldwide, with each having features that made it possible for researchers to create an evolutionary tree of their lineages. More than 140 sign ...

The human body is the greatest form of expression. From the clothes one wears to the things one says and does, expression is a form of self art. Sign language is a form of expression — one that ...

Her research advanced understanding of the brain and the origins of language — signed and spoken — and shed light on how humans communicate and socialize. By Katharine Q. Seelye Ursula Bellugi, a ...

A Georgia fire captain made history at Wednesday’s inauguration when she led the Pledge of Allegiance in sign language. Andrea Hall, 47, became the first Black woman to be named captain of the City of ...

For more than 150 years ago, the assumption that language is a singular event has hampered progress in explaining its evolution. Another obstacle was the failure to recognize that certain social ...