Jasper Hamill
The Register
April 9, 2013
Scientists claim to have identified the missing link between human speech and monkey chatter.
Researchers analysed the distinctive “lip-smacking” sounds made by wild gelada baboons of the Ethopian highlands and found striking similarities to human speech.
Their noises are so human-like that Thore Bergman, an assistant professor with the University of Michigan, thought he heard people talking while he was hanging out with the creatures.
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