Drastic dietary changes during the agricultural revolution altered the configuration of the human bite, paving the way for new sounds in spoken language, a new study finds.

In an email, biostatistics professor Megan Neely warned students of “unintended consequences” from speaking their native language on campus. She has since left a leadership post.

Regardless of parental income and education, children who engage in more two-way conversation with their parents learn better.

Contrary to earlier results, FOXP2 did not undergo a “selective sweep” as humans developed language, a study finds.

Meet some of the people featured in the July/August 2018 issue of The Scientist.

Evolutionary changes in both the vocal tract and the brain were necessary for humans’ remarkable gift of gab.

The primate was famous for her ability to communicate with humans.

A decades-old neurological procedure developed under unique and difficult conditions in postwar Japan remains critical to the treatment of epilepsy.

His first love was dance, but Erich Jarvis has long courted another love—understanding how the brain learns vocalization.