Humpback Whale Songs Found to Share Structural Similarities with Human Language

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Humans and whales share common language traits, researchers find

Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to efficiency and brevity. It’s leading researchers to believe that evolutionary pressures might affect other complex communicators in similar ways.

Scientists find whale song, human language share same structure

International scientists have found that whale noises and songs share the same structural pattern as human language.The scientists analyzed the groans, moans, whistles, barks, shrieks and squeaks in humpback whale song recordings collected over eight

Humpback Whale Songs Are Structured Like Human Language: Study - WhoWhatWhy

Humpback Whale Songs Are Structured Like Human Language: Study (Maria) The author writes, “The mysterious grunts and moans of the humpback whale have long captivated humans — so much so that we put recordings of them onto the Voyager spacecraft to convey the sounds of Earth to other life forms. A new study published today in Science reveals an unexpected similarity between human and humpback vocalizations: The songs have a statistical structure …

Humpback whales sing the way humans speak

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new study suggests.

Whale Songs Aren’t Just Noise – They Have Surprising Similarities to Human Speech, Study Finds

A study finds that whale songs are similar to human speech patterns after breaking down the sound lengths and frequencies used by the mammals.