Orangutan squeaks reveal language evolution, says study 科学家称红毛猩猩叫声揭示人类早期语言进化过程
<p>媒体英语 <span word="Orangutan">Orangutan</span> <span word="squeaks">squeaks</span> <span word="reveal">reveal</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="evolution">evolution</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="study">study</span> 科学家称红毛猩猩叫声揭示人类早期语言进化过程 </p><p><span word="Play">Play</span> <span word="audio">audio</span> <span word="file">file</span> 文字稿 科学家们用数年时间仔细聆听了我们的类人猿近亲 —— 红毛猩猩与同伴交流时发出的尖叫声，该研究为解释人类语言的形成过程提供了线索。英国杜伦大学的阿德里亚诺·拉梅哈（ <span word="Adriano">Adriano</span> <span word="Reis">Reis</span> <span word="e">e</span> <span word="Lameira">Lameira</span> ）博士录制并分析了这些动物发出的近5000 段“吻叫”，它们双唇紧闭的嘴型很像人类语言中辅音的发声方式。他还发现红毛猩猩会通过组合音节向同伴传达不同的信息。请听 <span word="Victoria">Victoria</span> <span word="Gill">Gill</span> 的报道。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="listening">listening</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="communicative">communicative</span> ‘<span word="kiss">kiss</span> <span word="squeaks">squeaks</span>’, <span word="analysing">analysing</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> 5,000 <span word="squeaks">squeaks</span> <span word="from">from</span> 48 <span word="individual">individual</span> <span word="orangutans">orangutans</span>.</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="homed">homed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="sounds">sounds</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="particular">particular</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="they">they</span>’<span word="re">re</span> <span word="formed">formed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="consonants">consonants</span>. <span word="Just">Just</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="our">our</span> /<span word="t">t</span>/ <span word="and">and</span> /<span word="p">p</span>/ <span word="sounds">sounds</span>, <span word="kiss">kiss</span> <span word="squeaks">squeaks</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lips">lips</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tongue">tongue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="flow">flow</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="calling">calling</span> <span word="out">out</span>.</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="painstaking">painstaking</span> <span word="listening">listening</span> <span word="exercise">exercise</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="observing">observing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="animals">animals</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="communicated">communicated</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="orangutans">orangutans</span> <span word="combine">combine</span> <span word="multiple">multiple</span> <span word="kiss">kiss</span> <span word="squeaks">squeaks</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="orders">orders</span>, <span word="apparently">apparently</span> <span word="conveying">conveying</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="messages">messages</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="that">that</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="glimpse">glimpse</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="ancestors">ancestors</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="combine">combine</span> <span word="consonants">consonants</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="vowels">vowels</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="purse">purse</span>-<span word="lipped">lipped</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="blocks">blocks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="earliest">earliest</span> <span word="multi">multi</span>-<span word="syllable">syllable</span> <span word="words">words</span>.</p>
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