Science February 2025 PMID 39913578

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure.

Inbal Arnon, Simon Kirby, Jenny A Allen, Claire Garrigue, Emma L Carroll, Ellen C Garland

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In discussions about the article, users highlight specific elements such as the use of infant speech segmentation methods to analyze whale songs, with phrases like 'groundbreaking study' and 'sophisticated vocal communication' underscoring their enthusiasm. Others question the broader implications of the findings, using terms like 'could whales be LLM but not AGI' to provoke deeper thought and debate. The choice of language demonstrates both admiration for the research and an exploration of its potential impact on our understanding of communication across species.

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The conversations reflect high curiosity and excitement about the implications of whale communication.

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Posts show a moderate level of discussion, often referencing the methods used in the research.

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Many users believe the study has a significant impact on our understanding of animal communication and its parallels to human language.

Abstract in brief

  • Humpback whale song exhibits culturally transmitted behaviors similar to human language, both showing patterns that aid in learning.
  • Researchers applied infant speech segmentation methods to analyze 8 years of whale recordings, discovering that humpback songs share the same statistical structures found in human language.
  • This finding suggests that learning and cultural transmission, not just biology, may play a significant role in the development of complex communication in both species.

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Evan Thompson
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Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Feb 8, 2025 · 78 likes · 22 shares View post →
CLaE
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Science is publishing an Erratum for the February 2025 Research Article “Whale song shows language-like statistical structure.” https://t.co/vENJ8R2Mq8 https://t.co/XMNv0qvI9v

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Science Magazine
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In a new Science study, researchers applied quantitative methods typically used to evaluate infant speech and found that the culturally evolved learnability of human languages also applies to humpback whale song.

Feb 11, 2025 · 42 likes · 7 shares · 4,526,725 followers View post →
Complexity Digest
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Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/wLNGhOU2TO

Feb 6, 2025 · 30 likes · 4 shares · 22,022 followers View post →
Adriano R. Lameira
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Dr. Gennadi Glinsky, MD, Ph.D.
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Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science https://t.co/k38ccTpa4U

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Science Advancement and Outreach
@SAOscience · X

A report by @inbalarnon et al. highlights how sophisticated vocal communication in non-human animals can be. Researchers identified features of vocalization in whales that have long been considered defining characteristics of human language.

Sep 17, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,244 followers View post →
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Sylvain Perdigon
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It's super niche but this groundbreaking study on whale language published earlier this year totally vindicated Bateson's hypothesis in his late 1960s most lovely text on cetacean communication that cetacean language had to be digital like verbal language. https://t.co/AGAFWPaif2

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Slanderman, Corrupting-the-Constructive
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Could whales be LLM but not AGI…? Either would be crazy, so prolly neither… (Haven’t read the paper but I hope this Zipf distribution is not also found in bird songs, because I’ve read years ago those *definitely* aren’t general “language”) https://t.co/tfIDHhr0EZ

Apr 21, 2025 · 212 followers View post →
ComparatorClock
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@whatifalthist Whale song is apparently a fully developed language - complete with phonemes, syllables, words, and grammer? https://t.co/M32Zo0UE9j https://t.co/whro7rjrDy

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0ur eLetter (w/@thomhills) in response to recent claims that whale song show 'language-like structures' is now published in @ScienceMagazine, titled "Solar flares show language-like statistical structures", raising serious questions about the claims. https://t.co/6mGPmbebCB

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Chris Cooper
@coopersensei.bsky.social · Bluesky

Interesting, 'Subsequences found in whale song follow a Zipfian distribution' Whale song shows language-like statistical structure www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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隠れた構造を発見しました。具体的には、これらの歌には、ジップ分布に従う統計的に首尾一貫した部分列が含まれていました。さらに、これらの部分列の長さは、人間を含む多くの種に見られる効率重視の原則であるジップの簡潔さの法則に準拠していました。Science誌https://t.co/RqUKRnk517

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人間の言語はジップ分布の法則に基づいている(相対的言語使用頻度や文化伝達反映。乳児含)。この法則により他の動物の鳴き声や歌の研究も可能に。今回ザトウクジラの歌にジップ分布の明確な証拠や人間言語の類似を発見。 https://t.co/MzTO5mV8CG

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@the_kawagucci · X

RT @jyasuda1: 門外漢だが、ザトウクジラの歌を8年にわたって収集、統計学的に分析したところ、人間の言語と同じジッフ分布を示すことを見出した論文。Science誌。要はザトウクジラは人間のような言語での意思疎通が行われている可能性を示すもののようだ。 https://…

Feb 9, 2025 · 85 shares · 4,548 followers View post →
Ishaan Sinha
@ahnisnaahsi · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 94 followers View post →
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@Limor_Raviv · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 3,329 followers View post →
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@ALABASTER_APE_X · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 560 followers View post →
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@JRBneuropsiq · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 31,296 followers View post →
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@JoseVillanuev0 · X

RT @leafs_s: Science Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/VnPpcUfmpl

Feb 9, 2025 · 20 shares · 177 followers View post →
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RT @jyasuda1: 門外漢だが、ザトウクジラの歌を8年にわたって収集、統計学的に分析したところ、人間の言語と同じジッフ分布を示すことを見出した論文。Science誌。要はザトウクジラは人間のような言語での意思疎通が行われている可能性を示すもののようだ。 https://…

Feb 9, 2025 · 85 shares · 606 followers View post →
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@seygalare · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 1,185 followers View post →
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@matsukiblade · X

RT @leafs_s: Science Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/VnPpcUfmpl

Feb 9, 2025 · 20 shares · 2,759 followers View post →
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@ta_matsuzawa · X

RT @jyasuda1: 門外漢だが、ザトウクジラの歌を8年にわたって収集、統計学的に分析したところ、人間の言語と同じジッフ分布を示すことを見出した論文。Science誌。要はザトウクジラは人間のような言語での意思疎通が行われている可能性を示すもののようだ。 https://…

Feb 9, 2025 · 85 shares · 789 followers View post →
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@corradosinigagl · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 1,234 followers View post →
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@buginsideout · X

RT @leafs_s: Science Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/VnPpcUfmpl

Feb 9, 2025 · 20 shares · 5 followers View post →
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@amahury0 · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 715 followers View post →
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@nishiokov · X

RT @leafs_s: Science Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/VnPpcUfmpl

Feb 9, 2025 · 20 shares · 510 followers View post →
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@juancamiload · X

RT @leafs_s: Science Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/VnPpcUfmpl

Feb 9, 2025 · 20 shares · 831 followers View post →
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@fpseva · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 738 followers View post →
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@CatAstro_Piyush · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 2,485 followers View post →
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@FishListener · X

RT @jyasuda1: 門外漢だが、ザトウクジラの歌を8年にわたって収集、統計学的に分析したところ、人間の言語と同じジッフ分布を示すことを見出した論文。Science誌。要はザトウクジラは人間のような言語での意思疎通が行われている可能性を示すもののようだ。 https://…

Feb 9, 2025 · 85 shares · 180 followers View post →
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@Spectrum_cj · X

RT @leafs_s: Science Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/VnPpcUfmpl

Feb 9, 2025 · 20 shares · 353 followers View post →
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@claeneuro.bsky.social · Bluesky

Science Whale song shows language-like statistical structure www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Feb 9, 2025 · 5 likes · 4 shares View post →
Miguel Nicolelis
@MiguelNicolelis · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 182,880 followers View post →
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@leafs_s · X

Science Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/VnPpcUfmpl

Feb 9, 2025 · 74 likes · 20 shares · 28,176 followers View post →
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@jimmyroybloom · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 2,430 followers View post →
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@CharlesKiddell · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 204 followers View post →
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@AssistedEvolve · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 303 followers View post →
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@harridanechoes · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 108 followers View post →
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@AntoMon · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 719 followers View post →
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@george_tsonev · X

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@mmartinloeches · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 18,292 followers View post →
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@AcadFreedom · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 1,888 followers View post →
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@SilverVVulpes · X

RT @abenitezburraco: Whale songs and human languages exhibit the same statistical properties (= Zipfian distribution) https://t.co/8sZURSlt…

Feb 9, 2025 · 35 shares · 6,291 followers View post →
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@marysolc.bsky.social · Bluesky

“Whale song shows language-like statistical structure” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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@prometheusgreen · X

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science https://t.co/viOXfXBpvN

Feb 9, 2025 · 5,443 followers View post →
@PrometheusGreen
@prometheusgreen.bsky.social · Bluesky

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Roberto Álvarez
@robertoalvarez.bsky.social · Bluesky

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Feb 8, 2025 · 6 likes · 3 shares View post →
Evan Thompson
@evanthompson.bsky.social · Bluesky

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Feb 8, 2025 · 78 likes · 22 shares View post →
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@urnabynd · X

RT @InsanEvrim: Kambur balinaların şarkıları insan dilindeki gibi Zipf dağılımına uyuyor. İki türün iletişim sistemi de aynı kültürel evrim…

Feb 8, 2025 · 3 shares · 98 followers View post →
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@barrios_tic · X

RT @cxdig: Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/wLNGhOU2TO

Feb 8, 2025 · 4 shares · 293 followers View post →
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@hazreti_parya · X

RT @InsanEvrim: Kambur balinaların şarkıları insan dilindeki gibi Zipf dağılımına uyuyor. İki türün iletişim sistemi de aynı kültürel evrim…

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@BeyterTaner · X

RT @InsanEvrim: Kambur balinaların şarkıları insan dilindeki gibi Zipf dağılımına uyuyor. İki türün iletişim sistemi de aynı kültürel evrim…

Feb 8, 2025 · 3 shares · 12,624 followers View post →
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@InsanEvrim · X

Kambur balinaların şarkıları insan dilindeki gibi Zipf dağılımına uyuyor. İki türün iletişim sistemi de aynı kültürel evrim yasalarına tabi olabilir. Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/2LaMS7mQLu

Feb 8, 2025 · 12 likes · 3 shares · 2,352 followers View post →
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@CardiacSmarts · X

RT @alfonslopeztena: Whale song shows language-like statistical structure — Clear evidence of a Zipf distribution, as well as other hallmar…

Feb 7, 2025 · 7 shares · 1,395 followers View post →
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@HeatherMcEwen3 · X

RT @alfonslopeztena: Whale song shows language-like statistical structure — Clear evidence of a Zipf distribution, as well as other hallmar…

Feb 7, 2025 · 7 shares · 1,433 followers View post →
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@lanitaz123 · X

RT @alfonslopeztena: Whale song shows language-like statistical structure — Clear evidence of a Zipf distribution, as well as other hallmar…

Feb 7, 2025 · 7 shares · 1,214 followers View post →
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RT @alfonslopeztena: Whale song shows language-like statistical structure — Clear evidence of a Zipf distribution, as well as other hallmar…

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@onoma071112 · X

RT @alfonslopeztena: Whale song shows language-like statistical structure — Clear evidence of a Zipf distribution, as well as other hallmar…

Feb 7, 2025 · 7 shares · 845 followers View post →
Alfons López Tena
@alfonslopeztena · X

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure — Clear evidence of a Zipf distribution, as well as other hallmarks of human language such as statistical coherence and brevity of subsequences https://t.co/eXOg7mDjlc

Feb 7, 2025 · 13 likes · 7 shares · 188,080 followers View post →
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@VerteLimonade · X

RT @cxdig: Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/wLNGhOU2TO

Feb 7, 2025 · 4 shares · 543 followers View post →
Klaus Riede
@KlausRiede · X

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science https://t.co/QRbTvp9CHt "clear evidence of a Zipf distribution in this song, as well as other hallmarks of human language such as statistical coherence and brevity of subsequences."

Feb 7, 2025 · 1 like · 4,560 followers View post →
Simone Conradi
@S_Conradi · X

RT @cxdig: Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/wLNGhOU2TO

Feb 7, 2025 · 4 shares · 10,000 followers View post →
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@VisaHonkanen · X

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science https://t.co/pJiHnRLcM5. Hyviä uutisia, näyttää siltä, että planeetallamme elää myös älykäs laji.

Feb 7, 2025 · 1,277 followers View post →
Mr and Mrs Trellis
@thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · Bluesky

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure...

Feb 7, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Daniel Hoffmann
@danielhoffmann1.bsky.social · Bluesky

A common answer to the question what makes us human is: #language. This study shows that #whales communicate in ways that are statistically very similar to human language. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.adq7055?af=R

Feb 7, 2025 View post →
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@fm_tsukuba · X

RT @torusengoku: クジラの歌 Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science https://t.co/DYNKM0ltTZ

Feb 6, 2025 · 1 share · 2,439 followers View post →
torusengoku
@torusengoku · X

クジラの歌 Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science https://t.co/DYNKM0ltTZ

Feb 6, 2025 · 12 likes · 1 share · 3,072 followers View post →
Complexity Cat
@amahury0 · X

RT @cxdig: Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/wLNGhOU2TO

Feb 6, 2025 · 4 shares · 715 followers View post →
Complexity Digest
@cxdig · X

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure https://t.co/wLNGhOU2TO

Feb 6, 2025 · 30 likes · 4 shares · 22,022 followers View post →
Prof Mary-Anne Lea
@pelagicblue.bsky.social · Bluesky

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Feb 6, 2025 View post →
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
@TomHoltzPaleo · X

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science https://t.co/gB4nmzTXRP

Feb 6, 2025 · 11 likes · 1 share · 31,842 followers View post →
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
@arctomet.bsky.social · Bluesky

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Feb 6, 2025 · 13 likes · 1 share View post →