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Marmoset Monkey

Marmoset monkeys learn to call the same way human infants learn to babble. Human social groups have a strange tendency to share responsibility for taking care of infants; parents, older siblings, and other adult relatives all help to nurture babies. The only other primates that take care of infants this way are marmosets, a group of small, highly social monkeys from South America. In another striking parallel to humans, infant marmosets also benefit from frequent feedback while learning their vocal calls. Ref. Source 8j.

Monkey Marmoset

This is interesting. So it appears these monkeys have some social aspects that are close to human. But in truth, humans have evolved far beyond this. I'm sure science can find a characteristic here or there that appears like human characteristics in many species.