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Chimpanzees seem ‘capable’ of human speech: researchers

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Researchers are using bananas. A new scientific paper reports that chimpanzees “are capable” of producing sounds that mimic the words they hear from humans. It follows recent research revealing that chimpanzees can gesture to each other in conversation just like humans. The new research looked at two archived videos of chimpanzees “speaking” words into the … Read more

Pompeii is hit by earthquakes after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius: scientists

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We are shocked. Earthquake activity as damaging as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius bears some of the blame for the total destruction of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in AD 79, a new study suggests. The significant seismic upheaval—which is consistent with the found writings describing the rocking terrain by the Roman high-ranking Pliny … Read more