This place is a hoot!
During an alpha male takeover in a chimpanzee community, leaf clipping gesture re-emerged after disappearing for almost two years!
Did this change the vocal characteristics of pant hoots?
Find out more in the full article here: https://t.co/0PAy2GRUa0
New paper on wild #chimpanzees by Kalan & Boesch: pant hoot calls preceded by leaf clipping gestures were longer, contained more call elements and drum beats https://t.co/NuM7sqc4Ol #apes #primates #animals #Africanwildlife #animalcommunication #anthropology
New paper on wild #chimpanzees by Kalan & Boesch: pant hoot calls preceded by leaf clipping gestures were longer, contained more call elements and drum beats https://t.co/NuM7sqc4Ol #apes #primates #animals #Africanwildlife #animalcommunication
New study out by Chimp&See SciMod Ammie Kalan and PanAf co-director Christophe Boesch: Re-emergence of the leaf clip gesture during an alpha takeover affects variation in male chimpanzee loud calls
https://t.co/bJyC1gento
(original paper: https://t.co/S7p4FfJInV )
photo:L Samuni https://t.co/cTOWUmX5dZ
Re-emergence of the leaf clip gesture during an alpha takeover affects variation in male chimpanzee loud calls https://t.co/th79lOgpT1 https://t.co/jcpzZCQpiL
New study on the influence of the #social world on wild #chimpanzee communication - remergence of leaf-clipping gesture & its relation to #panthooting during a dominance take-over. Kalan & Boesch
https://t.co/R5KitxHrZs
Re-emergence of the leaf clip gesture during an alpha takeover affects variation in male chimpanzee loud calls https://t.co/b5dZflmd2B @thePeerJ https://t.co/AeXC3wNeuZ