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Sounds made by bonobo apes echo the sounds produced by babies before they learn to speak. Biologists believe this discovery could shed light on the evolution of speech in humans. Dr. Zanna Clay, who led the study, is a Marie Curie Research Fellow and Comparative Psychologist at the University of Birmingham in the UK; Richard met her recently...