Chimpanzees Help Trace the Evolution of Human Speech Back to Ancient Ancestors

3rd June, 2020

5 June 2020, Language, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily]

One of the most promising theories for the evolution of human speech has finally received support from chimpanzee communication.

The evolution of speech is one of the longest-standing puzzles of evolution. However, inklings of a possible solution started emerging some years ago when monkey signals involving a quick succession of mouth open-close cycles were shown to exhibit the same pace of human spoken language.

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