Rhesus macaques' responses to computer-animated images of lip-smacking monkey faces suggest that the jaw, tongue and lip oscillations that characterize human speech may have evolved from rhythmic primate facial expressions.
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Fitch, W. Tuned to the rhythm. Nature 494, 434–435 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/494434a
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