Monkey Simulation (AUDIO)
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The researchers plugged a macaque's grunt call in a computer model they created that could simulate a macaque's vocal range based on the physical attributes recorded by X-ray. The computer-generated audio clip above simulates what a macaque would sound like if it could speak -- the phrase being spoken is, "Will you marry me?" The researchers noted that a macaque would be "clearly intelligible" but not sound precisely like a human.
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Audio file courtesy of Asif Ghazanfar, Princeton Neuroscience Institute
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