In the Calls of Bonobos, Scientists Hear Hints of Language
Hundreds of hours of recordings suggest that the apes can generate meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs. But some ...
Greek Reporter6 小时
Human Language Capacity Found in Bonobos, Our Closest Living Relatives
A new study finds bonobos combine sounds in complex ways, offering clues to the early roots of human language and how ...
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Bonobos communicate using a universal principle of human languages
The ability to put together meaningful ‘words’ to form a ‘sentence’ with a new meaning was thought to be unique to humans ...
Bonobos create phrases in similar ways to humans, new study suggests
Humans can effortlessly talk about an infinite number of topics, from neuroscience to pink elephants, by combining words into ...
Besides Humans, This Primate Has Developed Language Skills, Say Scientists
Humans can effortlessly talk about an infinite number of topics, from neuroscience to pink elephants, by combining words into ...
Hoots and grunts from bonobos show signs of complex communication, researchers say
The peeps, hoots and grunts of wild bonobos, a species of great ape living in the African rainforest, can convey complex ...
Scientific American1 天
Bonobos’ Complex Calls Share an Extraordinary Trait with Human Language
Bonobos’ grunts, peeps and whistles may share an advanced linguistic property with human language ...
They’re not just emojis: How Netflix’s Adolescence exposes a hidden teen code
The series portrays how adolescents use seemingly innocuous symbols to communicate about sensitive and potentially dangerous ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6 小时
There Might Be Something Human in the Way Bonobos Communicate—Their Calls Share a Key ...
Scientists have long considered the complexity of language to be an obvious separation between humans and all other life ...
Bonobo Calls Resemble Word Combinations Of Humans
Human language is probably not as unique as it is thought to be. Scientists at the University of Zurich (UZH) have shown that bonobos combine their c ...
Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
To do this, Berthet and her colleagues built a database of 700 bonobo calls and deciphered them using methods drawn from ...
Mirage News1 天
Bonobo Communication Mirrors Human Language Structure
Wild bonobos – our closest living relatives – communicate using vocal calls organized in compositionally complex semantic structures that mirror key ...