Primates
The Primates are an ancient and diverse eutherian group, currently with around 233 living species placed in 13 families. Most dwell in tropical forests. The smallest living primate is the pygmy marmoset,… More »
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Other primates do use vocal communication, but our language is again a qualitative difference. It almost seems like it developed all of a sudden which is pretty unlikely. Primates vocalize quite a bit, but they don't do too much vocal interchanges, while we have conversations a lot.
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Other primates do use vocal communication, but our language is again a qualitative difference. It almost seems like it developed all of a sudden which is pretty unlikely. Primates vocalize quite a bit, but they don't do too much vocal interchanges, while we have conversations a lot.
www-personal.umich.edu/~phyl/weekthirteen.html
Cercopithecus ascanius: Chirp (African Primates at Home/Indiana University) ... Gorilla gorilla beringei: Chest-beat (African Primates at Home/Indiana University) ... Pan troglodytes: Scream (African Primates at Home/Indiana University)
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Primates: Importance of. Vocal Contexts. Chieko Yamaguchi1,2 and Akihiro Izumi2. 1 To What Extent Do Nonhuman Primates Show. Vocal Flexibility? ...
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All primates vocalize on an expiratory airflow and they make use of the oscillation of the vocal folds to generate sounds. The acoustic correlate of the rate of vibration is the fundamental frequency (F0) of voice;
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The cotton-top tamarin, a species of New World monkey, is a good species in which to address these questions, because these primates vocalize spontaneously and frequently in the lab and they have a large vocal repertoire — at least 38 distinct call types, Egnor says.
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Many primates vocalize in a remarkably similar manner, as exemplified by the so-called "pant-hoots" commonly heard among both bonobos and chimps, but possibly also the very rapid duetting and chorusing sequences I've been focusing on.
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Early studies, which attempted to teach primates to vocalize language, failed because chimpanzee morphology differs in the larynx and tongue making it difficult to vocalize as humans do and because chimpanzees are quiet animals.
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© Mark Aultman ... This article consists of reviews of recent books that consider memory, social memory, or their development in some way, with additional analysis of their implications ... All primates vocalize, and other group members react or respond. But the human brain is not just larger than a chimpanzee's.
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