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This project examines the evolution of speech by studying the vocal communication of great apes, particularly orangutans. It aims to uncover the origins of human speech sounds by analyzing ape calls and their articulatory control in both wild and captive settings.
Speech is a human diagnosing feature but its evolution is problematic.
While great apes – our closest relatives – seem incapable of learning to produce new calls, speech is essentially learned anew each generation.
Based on the largest call database ever assembled from of any great ape (namely, orangutans) and pioneering empirical tests to be conducted in the wild and captivity, this project envisions addressing the puzzle of speech evolution conclusively.
Namely, this project will assess the hy…
THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
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