Chimpanzees learn 'food calls'
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 06, 2015 - Chimpanzees living in captivity are capable of learning calls that refer to specific food items. This was shown by an evolutionary biologist from the University of Zurich together with English researchers. They now published a behavioral study suggesting, that great apes are capable of referring to objects and socially learn meaningful calls. A special feature of human language is that obj ... more
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