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Evolution of Speech Through an Orangutan? Friday, December 12, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> General Science   
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Throughout history, human beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan’s spontaneous whistling is providing scientists at Great Ape Trust of Iowa new insights into the evolution of speech and learning. In a paper published this month in Primates, an international journal of primatology that provides a forum on all aspects of primates in relation to humans and other animals. (source: greatapetrust.org)
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