Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

A new genetic study suggests humans developed language at least 135,000 years ago, reshaping our understanding of early ...

Humans speak more than 7,000 languages today. As different as they all seem, researchers argue in a new review that they all ...

All languages likely come from a single original one, and early people began spreading around the world 135,000 years ago.

Subsequently, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago. Our species, Homo sapiens, is about 230,000 years old. Estimates of when language originated vary widely, based on different ...

A genomic analysis suggests humans had the cognitive capacity for language at least 135,000 years ago, based on early ...

The new review, detailed in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, examines over a dozen genetic studies published in the past 18 years to indicate an initial branching of humans about 135,000 years ago ...

One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of ...

Genome-level research suggests early Homo sapiens may have begun using language around 135,000 years ago. While all human ...

This date serves as a “lower boundary” for when language capacity must have emerged. But since Homo sapiens is at least ...

Today, humans speak more than 7,000 languages. At least 135,000 years ago, our unique ability for language emerged. Language ...