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Flexible vocalizations in wild bonobos show similarities to development of human speech

Wild bonobos

August 4, 2015

Flexible vocalizations in wild bonobos show similarities to development of human speech

Researchers have found that wild bonobos are able to vocalize in a similar manner to infant humans. Their findings challenge how we think about the evolution of communication and potentially move the dividing line between humans and other apes.

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August 4, 2015
Functional flexibility in wild bonobo vocal behaviour
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1124 PubMed 26290789
August 13, 2015
Artificial light pollution increases nocturnal vigilance in peahens
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1174 PubMed 26339552
August 6, 2015
Choosing mates based on the diet of your ancestors: replication of non-genetic assortative mating in Drosophila melanogaster
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1173 PubMed 26339551
August 13, 2015
To beat or not to beat a tick: comparison of DNA extraction methods for ticks (Ixodes scapularis)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1147 PubMed 26290800
August 25, 2015
Strong geographical variation in wing aspect ratio of a damselfly, Calopteryx maculata (Odonata: Zygoptera)
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1219 PubMed 26336648
August 25, 2015
The relationship of female physical attractiveness to body fatness
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1155 PubMed 26336638
August 27, 2015
A global phylogeny of Pelomedusoides turtles with new material of Neochelys franzeni Schleich, 1993 (Testudines, Podocnemididae) from the middle Eocene, Messel Pit, of Germany
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1221 PubMed 26336649
August 11, 2015
Feeding behaviour in a ‘basal’ tortoise provides insights on the transitional feeding mode at the dawn of modern land turtle evolution
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1172 PubMed 26339550
August 13, 2015
Cranial and mandibular shape variation in the genus Carollia (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Colombia: biogeographic patterns and morphological modularity
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1197 PubMed 26413433
August 27, 2015
Can 13C stable isotope analysis uncover essential amino acid provisioning by termite-associated gut microbes?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1218 PubMed 26336647
August 11, 2015
Development and characterization of microsatellite loci for the haploid–diploid red seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1159 PubMed 26339541
August 20, 2015
A glacial survivor of the alpine Mediterranean region: phylogenetic and phylogeographic insights into Silene ciliata Pourr. (Caryophyllaceae)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1193 PubMed 26312184
August 4, 2015
Assessing the reproducibility of discriminant function analyses
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1137 PubMed 26290793
August 4, 2015
On reconstructing Giraffa sivalensis, an extinct giraffid from the Siwalik Hills, India
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1135 PubMed 26290791
August 4, 2015
No evidence that presence of sexually transmitted infection selects for reduced mating rate in the two spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1148 PubMed 26290801
August 11, 2015
Selection in the dopamine receptor 2 gene: a candidate SNP study
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1149 PubMed 26290802
Flexible vocalizations in wild bonobos show similarities to development of human speech

Wild bonobos

August 4, 2015

Flexible vocalizations in wild bonobos show similarities to development of human speech

Researchers have found that wild bonobos are able to vocalize in a similar manner to infant humans. Their findings challenge how we think about the evolution of communication and potentially move the dividing line between humans and other apes.

- read article

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