Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Monkey gossip hints at social origins of language


Filed under: Origins of language

Women may be fed up with being stereotyped as the chattier sex, but the cliche turns out to be true - in female-centric monkey groups at least. The gossipy nature of female macaques also adds weight to the theory that human language evolved to forge social bonds.

Full article: New Scientist



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