Despite the differences between chimpanzee and human drumming, chimps show some of the “core building blocks of human musical rhythm”, says team member Vesta Eleuteri at the University of Vienna, ...

A research team at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed what it believes could be the template for the first building blocks for human-compatible ...

Consider the following scenario: you are watching a movie in your living room. One of the supporting characters is played by someone who looks familiar, but you can’t quite put your finger on ...

Previous work showed chimpanzees pound the huge flared buttress roots of rainforest trees to broadcast low frequency booms ...

Musicality may have emerged in a common ancestor of chimps and humans, as both species share similarities in how they drum. They use their hands and feet to produce rapid-fire drumming, often on ...

Jungle music: Chimp drumming reveals building blocks of human rhythm Out west, they groove with fast, evenly spaced beats. In the east, it's more free-form and fluid. The idea that ape drumming ...

The idea that ape drumming might hold clues to the origins of human musicality has long fascinated scientists, but collecting enough clean data amid the cacophony of the jungle had, until now ...