Orangutan Communication is Eerily Similar to Ours
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DownloadFor centuries, people have asked what makes us different from animals.
There have been a bunch of different hypotheses for which human trait is the key ….
tool use, self-awareness, culture, or our awareness of death, to name a few.
But one of the most accepted hypotheses is that it’s our language that makes us unique.
Lots of species communicate.
But as I’ll explain, that’s different.
And for a long time, scientists have wondered where our special,
complex language skills came from.
Recent research on one of our relatives may shed some light on that question.
Because there’s evidence that orangutans may use language as well,
and it’s teaching us something about our own.
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Now one thing that you will have picked up on is that orangutans….
Aren’t our closest relatives.
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Key Vocabulary (15)
Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
A system of communication consisting of sounds, words, and grammar used by people of a particular country or area. It is the primary tool humans use to express thoughts, feelings, and information to one another.
summon
"Call me later."
extended
"Long road."
unlike
"Different colors."
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