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Chimpanzees blowing raspberries offer first evidence of learned vocal conventions in great ape communication

Chimpanzees may learn how to use some of their calls from the adults around them, in a surprising parallel with how human children learn words, finds a study from the CNRS Institute of Cognitive Sciences, University of Warwick and Taï Chimpanzee Project.

Chimpanzees blowing raspberries offer first evidence of learned vocal conventions in great ape communication
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Chimpanzees may learn how to use some of their calls from the adults around them, in a surprising parallel with how human children learn words, finds a study from the CNRS Institute of Cognitive Sciences, University of Warwick and Taï Chimpanzee Project.

Originally published at Phys.org

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