One of a Neanderthal baby’s first words was probably »papa« speculate Pierre Bancel and Alain Matthey de l’Etang from the Association for the Study of Linguistics and Prehistoric Anthropology in Paris
Babies babble in sign language too observed Laura-Ann Petitto at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire
Kanzi, a lab chimp, speaks in his own language to his trainers Jared Taglialatela, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Lauren Baker at the Georgia State University, Atlanta
Rico, a smart border collie, knows 200 words says Julia Fischer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany
Brand names have a unique impact on our brains explains Eran Zaidel, head of a laboratory at the University of California, Los Angeles
English is the most difficult European language to learn to read discoverd Philip Seymour of Dundee University, GB
Language may shape human thought believes Peter Gordon, a psychologist at Columbia University in New York City, based on a study in a Brazilian tribe whose language does not define numbers above two