Chimpanzee Calls Are More Like Human Language Than First Thought

Researchers recorded thousands of vocalisations from wild chimpanzees and found that the animals produced hundreds of different vocal sequences containing up to ten different call types. This structure may constitute a step towards human syntax.

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