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Ancient Egyptian everyday language compiled into dictionary

September 24th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

A dictionary of Demotic, the everyday language of the ancient Egyptians, has been compiled after a 37-year project by the

August 31st, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

New research suggests that most Neanderthals were right-handed, and that because this means they had left-brain dominance, they may have

June 6th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Scholars at the University of Chicago have completed a dictionary of the Assyrian languange, listing 28,000 words that haven’t been

April 21st, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A recent study has revealed that the evolution of language is much more complex than previously thought. It’s widely thought

January 18th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

The BBC has posted up an interesting article looking at the impact of the King James Bible, published 400 years

January 3rd, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

An isolated community in north-eastern Turkey has been found to speak a dialect of Greek that is very close to

November 5th, 2010 | by Sevaan Franks

Apparently, the boost that tool-making brought to brain power allowed humans to develop language. Stone-age humans mastered the art of

October 6th, 2010 | by Sevaan Franks

A lost language, Koro, spoken only by 800 people, has been discovered in the mountains of northeastern India. Arunachal Pradesh