A key discovery was that whale song follows Zipf’s Law—a principle in human language where the most frequently used words appear roughly twice as often as the second-most common words, three times as ...

All known human languages display a pattern known as Zipf’s law. Now, researchers have found the same pattern in whale song.

The most common word is used twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common ...

"Using insights and methods from how babies learn language allowed us to discover previously undetected structure in whale ...

Scientists have discovered that Humpback whale songs follow structured patterns similar to human language, revealing new ...

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 ...

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Humpback whale songs share structural similarities with human language, suggesting complex communication patterns.

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