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Young chimpanzees learn their communication style from their mother and maternal relatives, but show little similarity to the communication behavior of their father and paternal relatives, according ...

While the chimpanzee ASL experiments taught researchers much about how humans evolved our communication abilities, the knowledge came at a cost to the research subjects. Now in their geriatric years ...

A study tracking the calls of young chimpanzees at two sites thousands of kilometers apart has found that their grunts, whimpers and laughter grow more distinct from one another as the animals age.

When people talk to each other, their conversations usually include many fast twists. Humans do not naturally talk in Shakespearean soliloquies, but by regularly interrupting and wildly gesticulating.

By comparing the neural processing of vocalizations emitted by species close to humans, such as chimpanzees, bonobos and macaques, it is possible to observe what our brain shares, or does not share, ...

An hour’s drive down a ragged dirt road, deep in the heart of Uganda’s Kibale National Park, a small research camp sits in the middle of chimpanzee territory. Tangled vines drape ancient trees in the ...

Chimpanzees are capable of using gestures to communicate as they pursue specific goals, such as finding a hidden piece of food, according to a new Georgia State University research study. Researchers ...