New research from the University of St Andrews has developed a novel hypothesis of how firelight was critical to the ...

A new theory links storytelling, firelight and the rise of spoken language. The campfire may have done more than keep our ...

The extinct thylacine had a skull unlike that of wolves, foxes or any other living mammalian predator, despite its famously dog-like appearance. Its oversized skull and long, slender jaws appear ...

The temporal structure of speech rhythms resembles that of the communication signals of numerous animal species. This is ...