For decades scientists believed that monkeys could not speak human language due to an anatomical difference in vocal tracts. Today, we’re not so sure that this is the limiting factor after all.
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Sources:
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/12/e1600723.full
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/12/why-monkeys-can-t-talk-and-what-they-would-sound-if-they-could
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13803
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/mu-seb120616.php
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