Say what? Human baby brains are wired to hear the call of the lemur

Monday, September 2, 2013 - 14:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Infants respond to the voices of their doting parents — but it's not just human voices that hold them spellbound. In what may be a hallmark of our ancestry, human brains begin life hard-wired to hear the calls of non-human primates, an ability that fades away after just a few months.

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