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Whale song has structure similar to human language
Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little ...
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Whale Song Reveals Eerie Similarities to Human Speech, Scientists Find
Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and ...
Humpback whale song shown to be structurally similar to human language
Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...
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Humpback Whale Song Follows Zipf’s Law, A Fundamental Law Of Human Language
Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...
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Whale songs share very similar patterns with human language
Humpback whale songs share structural similarities with human language, suggesting complex communication patterns.
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Why birds need to hear themselves sing—and what it teaches us about human language
Sophisticated birdsong follows strict grammatical rules, much like human sentences. But what happens when birds can't hear ...
There's a reason whale song strikes a chord with humans
Most of us are familiar with whale song, but new research suggests that the structure of the song - the individual parts that ...
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Whale song more similar to human language than previously thought – study
Research has revealed a previously undetected ‘language-like structure’ in whale song that was thought to be unique to human ...
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Whales communicate with a 'language-like' structure similar to humans
Scientists have discovered that human language and whale songs have remarkable similarities in the way they are segmented and ...
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Study finds whale song structured like language
JERUSALEM — An international study, led by Israeli and British researchers, has found that whale song has a structure similar ...
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Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble human language
The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be because of how they are learned ...