New research on the rhythmic drumming and complex calls of chimpanzees could point scientists to the origins of language.

A new study published Tuesday found that not only do chimpanzees ... in the journal Animal Behaviour. The Ph.D. student said that after just a few weeks in the rainforest she was able to recognize ...

Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when ... chimps will often grab hold of the tall buttress roots of rainforest trees. Sometimes they pound them several times to create low-frequency sounds ...

Chimpanzees have a culture around food, just like humans do. The fuel that sustains a chimpanzee goes far beyond fruit; it is ...

Not only do chimpanzees maintain a rhythm while drumming on tree roots, but two subspecies use distinct tempos and techniques, according to a new study ...

Wild chimpanzees change the meaning of individual calls by combining them in different ways, a behavior that reflects how ...

In a rainforest in Uganda, a male chimpanzee runs toward a tree ... But now, research published last week in Animal Behaviour suggests that each individual male has a unique drumming pattern ...

Previous work showed chimpanzees pound the huge flared buttress roots of rainforest trees to broadcast low frequency booms ...

Not to be outdone by Ronan the beat-keeping sea lion or woodpeckers in the forest, some chimpanzees are also ... a sort of way to check in across the rainforest,” Eleuteri said.

But in this case, it involved not people but chimpanzees in Tai National Park in southwestern Ivory Coast, West Africa's largest protected area of rainforest ... are with wild animals, and ...