Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade ...

Human infants receive up to 400 times more direct vocal communication than baby bonobos and nearly 70 times more than baby ...

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our ...

An almost universal phenomenon in humans is the use of child-directed speech, where caregivers communicate with children, ...

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

New research suggests that the unique way human placentas produce sex hormones during pregnancy may have been a key driver ...

Talking to babies in a high-pitched voice and using exaggerated pronunciation seems natural to most parents. This way of ...

A new study from Indiana University discovered that bonobos, humans’ closest living relatives, make similar vocalizations ...

Rather than chasing grammar in animals, a more grounded approach asks what cognitive difference might explain the gap ...