Explore African click languages and how they shape perception of speech compared to English. Discover Xhosa click sounds today! Les: Yes. I’m sure. Hm. [click] okay well I’ll tell Gordon and uhm, I’m ...

Click sounds, such as those found in some languages in Africa, make perfectly good consonants. So why do they appear so rarely in most human speech? One culprit may be anatomy. Previous studies have ...

You probably know what click sounds are. Some languages of southern Africa are famous for having them, thanks in part to being featured in such cultural vectors as the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and ...

A quirky article by Quentin Atkinson in Science magazine reinforces once again the news that would have surprised so many smart people not so very long ago: that humanity began in Africa. This time, ...

There should be many people who can concentrate on their work in a coffee shop where people's voices and noises are heard rather than in their own quiet room. However, due to the influence of the new ...