The same species of monkeys located in separate geographic regions use their alarm calls differently to warn each other of approaching predators, according to researchers at New York University. Scientists found that Campbell's monkeys have a distinction between roots and suffixes, and that their combination allowed the monkeys to describe both the nature of a threat and its degree of danger. The research team comprising of linguists and primatologists analyzed alarm ...Wednesday 17 December 2014
Monkey Calls Describe Both, the Nature of a Threat and Its Degree of Danger
The same species of monkeys located in separate geographic regions use their alarm calls differently to warn each other of approaching predators, according to researchers at New York University. Scientists found that Campbell's monkeys have a distinction between roots and suffixes, and that their combination allowed the monkeys to describe both the nature of a threat and its degree of danger. The research team comprising of linguists and primatologists analyzed alarm ...
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