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Russia and Alaska's current coastlines (the dashed black lines), compared to ancient Beringia (shown in green), the land bridge that brought humans to North America.

New Research

Ancient Migration Patterns to North America Are Hidden in Languages Spoken Today

Languages spoken in North America and Siberia are distantly related. What does that tell us about the first Americans?

How Did Computers Uncover J.K. Rowling’s Pseudonym?

Forensic linguistics can use powerful programs to track written text back to its author

Everybody in Almost Every Language Says “Huh”? HUH?!

What makes this utterance the “universal word”?

What Can Jeopardy Tell Us About Uptalk?

The game show offers clues about how the annoying tic got its start

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