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Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

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 ...

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on.

And they follow a remarkable statistical rule, which is universal across human languages: The most common word, which in English is “the,” is used about twice as frequently as the second most ...

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

For a long time, language has been viewed as a uniquely human trait, with features that set us apart from how other species ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark ... Credit: Operation Cetaces Humpback whale song is one of the most striking examples of a socially learned ...

Policy making is among the most important and hardest jobs the civil service does, and improving how it is done is a substantial prize. A policy making process which blends human expertise with LLMs ...