Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Amazing to say the least

...but not surprising!

Researchers in the US say they have firm evidence that apes communicate using gestures - shedding light on the development of human language.

Although all primates use vocal and facial expressions to communicate, only the great apes - chimpanzees, bonobos, orang-utan and gorillas - use gestures as well, an ability they share with humans.

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