Words vanish the instant they’re spoken, and no skeleton can tell us when our ancestors first started talking. So how can ...

A comparative study of laughter across humans and other great apes found that its regular rhythmic structure may date back ...

What came first, speech or laughter? A new study suggests that humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans share a ...

Seals and sea lions can adjust their voices, keep a beat, and even mimic human speech patterns, and a growing body of neuroscience research now explains why. A study published March 12, 2026, in the ...

Great apes and humans all laugh with a steady, even rhythm, and a new study finds it has barely changed in 15 million years.

Humans evolved large brains and flat faces at a surprisingly rapid pace compared to other apes, likely reflecting the evolutionary advantages of these traits, finds a new analysis of ape skulls by UCL ...

A new study from the University of Warwick suggests that the rhythm of human laughter has remained surprisingly consistent for at least 15 million years. By comparing the laughter of humans and other ...