Monkeys recognise ‘bad grammar’
Studies on monkeys have revealed clues about the evolution of language.
In the journal Biology Letters, researchers said that cotton-top tamarins (like the one pictured) are able to spot if the order of syllables in a word is “wrong”.
Hear no evil? Not according to new findings!
They familiarised the monkeys with two-syllable terms, and recorded their reaction to words that were not consistent with that syllable pattern.
The team says the work illustrates how many animals use patterns that have become intrinsic to human language.
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