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Turns out whale song and baby talk have something in common

Turns out whale song and baby talk have something in common

Update: 2025-02-12
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Parents may pleasantly puzzle over the “goos” and “gahs” that their babies make, but now researchers say that baby talk shares patterns with the songs of humpback whales. What can that teach us about how children learn to talk, and how language evolves more broadly?

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Turns out whale song and baby talk have something in common

Turns out whale song and baby talk have something in common