August 2015

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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 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
13 citations
594 downloads
3,798 views
biodiversity
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1221 PubMed 26336649
August 20, 2015
Environmental influences on the Indo–Pacific octocoral Isis hippuris Linnaeus 1758 (Alcyonacea: Isididae): genetic fixation or phenotypic plasticity?
8 citations
780 downloads
2,128 views
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marine-biology
molecular-biology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1128 PubMed 26312170
August 13, 2015
Cranial and mandibular shape variation in the genus Carollia (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Colombia: biogeographic patterns and morphological modularity
8 citations
947 downloads
3,476 views
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ecology
evolutionary-studies
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1197 PubMed 26413433
August 13, 2015
A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Quiriri mountain range of southern Brazil
18 citations
812 downloads
4,240 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1179 PubMed 26339556
August 13, 2015
A new species of Allodaposuchus (Eusuchia, Crocodylia) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Spain: phylogenetic and paleobiological implications
22 citations
1,084 downloads
4,601 views
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animal-behavior
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1171 PubMed 26339549
August 13, 2015
Let’s be pals again: major systematic changes in Palaemonidae (Crustacea: Decapoda)
32 citations
962 downloads
3,310 views
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biodiversity
marine-biology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1167 PubMed 26339545
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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