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Monkeys use 'baby talk' to interact with infants

Female rhesus monkeys use special vocalizations while interacting with infants, the way human adults use motherese, or "baby talk," to engage babies' attention, new research at the University of Chicago shows. The "baby talk" also promotes rapport among female monkeys.

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