ethology

Chimpanzees combine pant-hoots and calls to form vocal sequences

Chimpanzees combine pant-hoots and calls to form vocal sequences

A major challenge in evolutionary science has been the reconstruction of the evolution of language in the world. Given that language does not fossilise, a key line of research has been focusing on comparing the communication systems of animals with that of humans. Unique to human language is the capacity to flexibly recombine a limited…