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Monkey lip smacks shed light on evolution of human speech
In a new study, scientists have supported the idea that human speech evolved less from vocalizations than from communicative facial gestures.
Scientists have traditionally sought the evolutionary origins of human speech in primate vocalizations, such as monkey coos or chimpanzee hoots.
But unlike these primate calls, human speech is produced using rapid, controlled movements of the tongue, lips and
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