
Chimpanzee drumming shares the building blocks of human musicality
A study co-led by the University of St Andrews has shown that wild chimpanzees drum with rhythm, and that chimpanzee drumming shares some rhythmic properties with human music.
A study co-led by the University of St Andrews has shown that wild chimpanzees drum with rhythm, and that chimpanzee drumming shares some rhythmic properties with human music.
Wild chimpanzees share humans’ snappy conversational style, a new study shows.
African elephants communicate in different ways depending on the social scenario, according to a new research collaboration.
Chimps learn by watching each other, according to research from St Andrews and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, according to a new study by St Andrews researchers.
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