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Animals can't talk like humans do—here's why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...
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These Animals Behave So Much Like Humans It’s Unsettling

We like to draw a line between humans and animals, a clear divide built on memory, empathy, and invention. But that line doesn’t always hold. Apes steal territory. Parrots ace memory tests. Bees react ...
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Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed

Anna Jon-And receives funding from from the Swedish Research Council and has received funding from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Johan Lind has received funding from the Swedish Research ...