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We humans like to think our mastery of language sets us apart from the communication abilities of other animals, but an eye-opening new analysis of chimpanzees might force a rethink on just how unique our powers of speech really are.
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.