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Published online 26 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030623-8
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Monkeys link faces and sounds
Humans may have evolved a language skill from primate ancestors.
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.
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