Animals can't talk like humans do—here's why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed. Story by Anna Jon-And, Johan Lind • 1d.

Researchers are using large language models to decode the communication patterns of animals.

How researchers measure the logical reasoning of monkeys, pigeons, rats, fish and wasps shapes how they understand mental ...

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Rather than chasing grammar in animals, a more grounded approach asks what cognitive difference might explain the gap ...

Animals can't talk like humans do—here's why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed. by Anna Jon-And, Johan Lind, The Conversation.

Yet while animal calls can be combined, nobody has observed animals doing this to create new meanings in an open-ended productive manner. They don't scale into the layered meanings that human ...

Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed. Published: June 9, 2025 12:41pm EDT.