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A study by an international team led by researchers at the University of Zurich found that diet-induced changes in the human bite resulted in new speech sounds, contradicting the theory of a fixed range of human sounds. This shift allowed for the rise of labiodentals, such as the sound 'f', in modern languages.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Diet-induced changes favor innovation in speech sounds University of Zurich · Mar 14, 2019 · first to report
- Diet-related changes in human bite spread new speech sounds American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Mar 14, 2019
- Human diet changes influenced consonant prevalence distribution in languages Kazan Federal University · Mar 19, 2019