Monkeys have the ability to 'speak' people?

According to a recently published study, a monkey regularly communicates directly with humans who have learned how to pronounce and control breathing that people still use when talking.

Announcing new research: Monkeys can 'speak' human language?

The gorilla monkey named Koko can communicate very well with those who care for her with the sign language system. Koko has also developed the ability to control breathing as well as grunts - manifestations of the ability to speak human language, something scientists once thought impossible.

Monkeys can communicate very well with people who take care of themselves with the sign language system.

Two researchers, Marcus Perlman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Nathaniel Clark of the University of California, analyzed 71-hour-long recordings of the interaction between Koko and its caregivers, and discovered the ability to create voice in animals. Koko has done 9 voluntary acts that require control of the larynx and breath.

This year, 44 years old, Koko started learning sign language since 1972 and spent most of his time communicating with people. From the videotapes, Koko could hear panting, grumbling, hissing up her eyeglasses, fake coughing, blowing her nose, and self-creating a sign describing the berries (bending her tongue and blowing her breath). over) as well as blowing into the hand like a gesture of communication.

The researchers said these signs show that under certain conditions, monkeys can develop the ability to flexibly control their breathing, as well as create sounds that catch attention and transmit information. Communication messages.

' These are behaviors that are learned by having, instead of imitating due to repetition. Koko does not make sounds easy to hear when doing those acts. But it controls your voice box enough to pronounce. Koko has shown that in suitable environmental conditions, monkeys can form flexible control with the sounds they emit, 'Perlman said.

In the years 1930-1940, many researchers cultivated the news with human children in the hope of teaching them voices but failed. Since then, scientists have accepted that monkeys cannot control their pronunciation, even their own breath, until this study is made.

Another new study also shows that bonobos species communicate with high-pitched cries that require context to understand just as human beings often do. These research results open a new perspective on how people develop the ability to use language to communicate.