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Vineyards with colourful autumn leaves at the Scheuerberg in Neckarsulm, Germany.

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An interview video of Gillian Forrester to find out how hand dexterity in both humans and our Great Ape cousins can teach us about the origins of language.
Gillian Forrester is a professor of comparative cognition at the University of Sussex, director of the Comparative Cognition Group known for investigating the behaviour and brain organisation of human and non-human apes and a popular science educator.

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