Ellen Garland
Ellen Garland is a researcher at the University of St Andrews, focusing on animal communication and linguistics. She co-authored a significant study that discovered systematic structures in humpback whale songs, analogous to those found in human languages, illuminating the potential for convergent evolution in communication across species.
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Ellen Garland leads a team of researchers studying whale songs.
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Monaco· 2025-06-24
Ellen Garland is affiliated with St. Andrews University and comments on the significance of the findings.
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Lithuania· 2025-02-15
Ellen Garland is a marine biologist from the University of Saint Andrews who studies the complex acoustic displays of humpback whales.
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Spain· 2025-02-09
Ellen Garland, co-author of the study from the University of St Andrews, commented on the unexpected discovery of language-like structures in whale songs.
Canto delle balene e linguaggio umano seguono lo stesso schema
Italy· 2025-02-09