Monkey brains give language clues | Metro.co.uk

Monkey brains give language clues Metro.co.uk

"When the primates call out to each other they make use of the brain regions used by humans for language processing, the research revealed. "

The first thing to note here is that humans are primates, too. The second thing to note is that an evolutionary perspective requires us to think in terms of continuity...not dramatic differences and bright lines...especially when it comes to such closely related species.

Given how evolution works and the way we do science, the natural place to start would be to say there were no significant differences, i.e. the null hypothesis. For the language centers of the brain to emerge from structures and systems that had nothing to do with processing meaning or sound would be very strange indeed.