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Monkeys recognise 'bad grammar'
07/09/09 - Science - Silverback - 19 Comments
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Studies on monkeys have revealed clues about the evolution of language.

In the journal Biology Letters, researchers said that cotton-top tamarins are able to spot if the order of syllables in a word is "wrong".




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