Two macaques learned to keep time with various songs, which might point to how humans got their sense of rhythm. But some ...

Humans have practiced some form of yodeling since at least the 13th century, when Marco Polo encountered Tibetan monks on his travels who used the vocal technique for long-distance communication. It’s ...

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity, ...

Psychologists have spent decades demonstrating the amazing abilities of animals. We now know, from lab experiments, that chimps can use blue triangles to represent red apples, and that dolphins can ...

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The findings suggest that, although monkeys do not experience music as fully as humans do and require substantial training, beat perception may span a broader evolutionary continuum than previously ...

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There are surprising similarities between how monkeys and humans imbibe. Jan. 21, 2011— -- The physiological and genetic similarities between humans and monkeys make the hairier primates a great ...