Robert Kar
Mon, Jun-30-03, 20:34
Monkeys link faces and sounds Humans may have evolved a
language skill from primate ancestors. 26 June 2003 HELEN
R. PILCHER
Rhesus monkeys can match up sounds and facial expressions,
research suggests1. It hints that our capacity to do likewise
may have evolved from our primate ancestors.
"Some people had thought that the ability was unique to
humans," says Asif Ghazanfar of the Max Planck Institute for
Biological Cybernetics, Germany, who studied the monkeys.
Other animals had simply not been tested.
In captivity and the wild, rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
produce a variety of noises. "Almost all have a unique facial
expression," says Ghazanfar.
Read the rest at Nature
http://www.nature.com/nsu/030623/030623-8.html
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Kind Regards, Robert Karl Stonjek.
language skill from primate ancestors. 26 June 2003 HELEN
R. PILCHER
Rhesus monkeys can match up sounds and facial expressions,
research suggests1. It hints that our capacity to do likewise
may have evolved from our primate ancestors.
"Some people had thought that the ability was unique to
humans," says Asif Ghazanfar of the Max Planck Institute for
Biological Cybernetics, Germany, who studied the monkeys.
Other animals had simply not been tested.
In captivity and the wild, rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
produce a variety of noises. "Almost all have a unique facial
expression," says Ghazanfar.
Read the rest at Nature
http://www.nature.com/nsu/030623/030623-8.html
--
Kind Regards, Robert Karl Stonjek.