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Kiss-Squeak Sounds by Orangutans

New research by anthropologists claim the sounds known as "kiss-squeaks" made by orangutans - are the key to understanding how humans first combined consonants and vowels to form words. Dr Adriano Lameira from Durham University talks to Roisin McAuley.

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