Wild Orangutans Display Language Complexity Once Thought Uniquely Human

Wild Orangutans Display Language Complexity Once Thought Uniquely Human

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Wild Orangutans Display Language Complexity Once Thought Uniquely HumanWild orangutans use multi-layered recursive vocal patterns that vary with danger, challenging the idea that only humans use complex, structured communication. In a groundbreaking study from the University of Warwick, researchers have discovered that wild orangutans produce vocalizations with a layered complexity once believed to be unique to human communication. This finding suggests that the […]

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