Primate speech: How some species are 'wired' for talk

[Judi Lynn]

By Victoria Gill
Science correspondent, BBC News
9 August 2018



ZANNA CLAY/LUI KOTALA BONOBO PROJECT

Bonobos are the non-human primates with the most extensive vocal repertoire


Our primate cousins have surprised and impressed scientists in recent years, with revelations about monkeys' tool-using abilities and chimps' development of complex sign language.

But researchers are still probing the question: why are we humans the only apes that can talk?

That puzzle has now led to an insight into how different non-human primates' brains are "wired" for vocal ability.

A new study has compared different primate species' brains.

More:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45114322

[Glamrock]

1. I'll tell ya what.

I got a couple cats that are wired to talk. I can't get em to shut up!