How can chimpanzees, so closely related to humans, have almost no sense of rhythm? Behavioral biologist Michelle Spierings and two students demonstrated that chimps can actually drum and move ...
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Human brains spike oddly when they hear chimp calls
Human brains do something peculiar when a chimpanzee screams or hoots. Instead of treating those sounds as generic animal noise, a small region in the auditory cortex lights up in a way that looks ...
Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 7, 2025. Click here for that audio. Scientists studying chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest of Uganda noticed the creatures seem to be administering a ...
A new study finds that chimpanzee babies learn vocal and visual communication patterns from their mothers. The findings may shed light on the way... Chimpanzees pick up communication styles from their ...
New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using regular spacing between drum hits. Their results show that eastern and ...
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