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Mark Waghorn

This Is How Humans Can Instinctively Understand Apes

IN FILE - A gorilla and her cub in their space at the Madrid Zoo Aquarium on December 16, 2022, in Madrid, Spain. PHOTO BY GABRIEL LUENGAS/GETTY IMAGES

Humans can instinctively understand our “great ape” cousins through hand gestures – even though we do not use the movements anymore, scientists found.

We share the same “sign language” – despite being separated from a common ancestor that roamed earth 10 million years ago.

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