An Orangutan "Speaks," "Orates," Engaging in "Conversation," "Surprisingly Like Our Own"?

This has got to win some sort of a prize in the category of Underwhelming Scientific Findings Hailed as Evidence Against Human Exceptionalism. The first headline I saw was from the news site RT:

Orangutan wows scientists by aping human speech

An orangutan has begun to "speak" by reproducing some of the vowel sounds used by humans -- a development scientists claim may bring us closer to understanding the evolution of human speech.

The findings, conducted by researchers at the University of Du...