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Our red-headed primate cousins, the orangutans, might be more similar to us vocally than we first thought. According to a paper published in the journal PNAS Nexus on June 27, orangutans have been ...

Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, according to a new study. Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds ...

Roaming the dense jungles of South-East Asia, one might hear a distant call faintly resembling a beatboxer, but rather than emanating from a human, it might just be coming from an orangutan. The great ...

Scientists observed two separate groups of orangutans making biphonations, or two sounds at once. Julielangford via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 3.0 Beatboxers can use their mouths and vocal cords to ...

In order to understand the origins of human speech and the root-cause of consonant sounds in the human lineage, Dr. Lameira compared patterns of consonant-like vocal production in the vocal repertoire ...

We’re not sure if this is taking technology too far or if this is just plain genius. In Waco, Texas, at the Cameron Park Zoo, Microsoft’s Skype messaging and video calling service is being used by ...

Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, according to a study led by the University of Warwick. Academics say the findings provide clues around ...

Research finds orangutans communicate using a complex repertoire of consonant-like calls, more so than African apes. Previous research has only linked the evolution of human language with the ...

New research from The University of Warwick has revealed that orangutans, the most arboreal of the great apes, produce consonant-like calls more often and of greater variety than their African ...