Monkey see, monkey say?

• Position: Human language originates from monkey - Brief article

Researchers taping carts of the putty-nosed monkey in the forests of Nigeria may have come a smart step closer to understanding the origin of human language. The researchers, who are from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, heard the monkeys string two alarm calls into a combined sound with a different meaning, as if forming a word. The monkeys have a "pyow" sound to call attention to leopards and a "hack" sound to warn of an eagle. Adult male monkeys in each group also make a "pyow-hack" car that...