I somehow doubt #Chomsky would be impressed by this evidence of #orangutan 'recursion'!

#primatecommunication #greatapes #alarmcalls

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250516134254.htm

OK this is great fun. #Chimpanzee drumming displays #rhythm -- the first time they seem to share roots of human #music
E. And W. Chimps have different drumming rhythms.

'We show that wild chimpanzees drum with non-random timing and isochrony, providing evidence that rhythmic drumming on instrumental substrates may have been present in our last common ancestor.2 Furthermore, we found subspecies-level regional rhythmic variation, showing that western chimpanzees drum isochronously, while eastern chimpanzees drum by alternating shorter and longer inter-hit intervals. Western chimpanzees also produce more drumming hits, drum at a faster tempo, and integrate drumming earlier in the pant-hoot vocalization, typically during the rhythmic build-up phase'

#primatecommunication #greatapes
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00448-8

Chimpanzee #turntaking in #gestural and expressive 'conversations'

'Scientists who studied their chats in detail found that they took "fast-paced turns" when they exchanged information and also occasionally interrupted one another.

The revelation suggests "deep evolutionary similarities [with humans] in how face-to-face conversations are structured," said Prof Cat #Hobaiter

#primatecommunication #greatapes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c25lw18zrjyo