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Photo: A prairie dog, by Nilfanion (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons.

Dogs Communicate, So Do Prairie Dogs – So?

It’s all in the spin, isn’t it? Chirping chipmunks – sorry, prairie dogs – knock down the “the last bastion encircling human exceptionalism." Read More ›
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The Ongoing Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript: An Ancient Language and Peculiar Botanical Illustrations Awaiting Understanding
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Book Stumps Decoders: Design Filter, Please?

A mysterious manuscript has baffled historians for centuries. Nobody, though, thinks it wasn't designed for a purpose. Read More ›
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-powered language translation software for global communication
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Artificial Intelligence and the Language Barrier

If you have a few free minutes, try, for fun, filling them with Google Translate. Read More ›

Are Birdsongs Language?

Atheist mathematician Jeff Shallit insists that animals have language. Read More ›

David Hume Notwithstanding, Abstract Thought in Animals Is a Myth

Abstract thought in animals is a cultural myth at the heart of the Darwinian understanding of man. Read More ›
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Pinturas de Altamira en Cantabria
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Human Language: The Homo Homolog

Because of the lack of homology and the lack of plausible adaptive evolutionary steps, the origin of language remains an abiding mystery. Read More ›

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