Research into 28 chimpanzees finds their pre-speech noises have a key component in common with babies learning to talk.
Young chimpanzees can make similar sounds to babies as they learn to speak, researchers have found. Primates studied by the University of Portsmouth were capable of similar vocal functional flexibility to humans as they grew up. The team filmed 28 infant apes at a sanctuary in Zambia as they made sounds such as grunts, whimpers, laughter, screams, barks, squeaks and hoots.
' Read more from Sky News:Dominant mom wins Alaska's Fat Bear WeekFirst ever Chinese mitten crab trap installed After publishing their findings in the journal iScience, a university spokeswoman noted that as babies, humans 'make noises that have specific purposes'. She added: 'Screams, laughs and cries for instance all have a rigid purpose and clear emotion attached to them.
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