New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using ...

New research on the rhythmic drumming and complex calls of chimpanzees could point scientists to the origins of language.

After cutting through the noise, the team focused on 371 high-quality drumming bouts recorded from 11 chimpanzee communities ...

Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved in our common ancestor ...

Scientists noticed that western chimpanzees appear to drum more quickly. Their eastern relatives tend to insert short and ...

A 2022 study from the same research team showed that chimpanzees can drum on the buttress roots of trees. Drumming on these large tree roots that grow above the soil can produce low frequency sounds.

Previous research has shown that chimps have their own signature drumming style. A new analysis of 371 bouts of chimpanzee ...

New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using regular spacing between drum hits. Their results show that eastern and ...

Western chimpanzees typically drummed more often and faster, while eastern chimpanzees drum more slowly and start drumming later in their hooting. Hobaiter thinks these differences are shaped by ...