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Scientists Tickled Gorillas And Found A 15-Million-Year-Old Clue To How Humans Learned Speech - Forbes

Scientists Tickled Gorillas And Found A 15-Million-Year-Old Clue To How Humans Learned Speech - Forbes

A study of 140 laughter sequences found the same rhythmic timing pattern in humans, chimps, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans.

The vocal control underpinning human speech was not a sudden evolutionary leap, but a 15-million-year work in progress, according to researchers at the University of Warwick who tickled gorillas and … [+2094 chars]

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