Chimpanzee utterances refute purported missing links for novel vocalizations and syllabic speech
Abstract Nonhuman great apes have been claimed to be unable to learn human words due to a lack of the necessary neural circuitry. We recovered original footage of two enculturated chimpanzees uttering the word “mama” and subjected recordings to phonetic analysis. Our analyses demonstrate that chimpa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2024-07-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67005-w |