Humpback Whale Songs Are Structured Like Human Language

Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble human language
The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be because of how they are learned
Humpback Whale Song Shares a Key Pattern With Human Language That Might Make It Easier for the Animals to Learn
Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle outlined in Zipf's law
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.
Whale songs share very similar patterns with human language
Humpback whale songs share structural similarities with human language, suggesting complex communication patterns.
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.
Whales communicate with a 'language-like' structure similar to humans
Scientists have discovered that human language and whale songs have remarkable similarities in the way they are segmented and structured.
Humpback Whale Songs Are Structured Like Human Language: Study
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.
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