Human speech has ‘ancient roots within primate communication’0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 29, 2020
Chimpanzee lip smacks follow the rhythm of human speech, a study has found.
Chimpanzee lip smacks follow the rhythm of human speech, a study has found.
A structure critical to our brain’s core language pathway, found only in humans and apes, has now also been identified in monkeys, according to a controversial new study – suggesting the origins of language may have appeared 20 to 25 million years earlier than previously thought.