Like other animals, primates communicate to satisfy their biological and social needs, such as avoiding predators, interacting with other group members, or maintaining cohesion during travel. To this ...

Deforestation is changing the way monkeys communicate in their natural habitat, according to a new study. This study, led by an anthropologist at the University of Waterloo, offers the first evidence ...

New research on rhesus macaque monkeys revealed new insights into human speech. Researchers at Rockefeller University studied the macaque monkey brain to find evolutionary links to human communication ...

For years now, scientists have debated whether spoken language is a skill unique to Homo sapiens. As far as we can tell, animals can’t talk the way we do, but that hasn’t stopped some scientists from ...