Chimpanzees extract social information from agonistic screams.

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) agonistic screams are graded vocal signals that are produced in a context-specific manner. Screams given by aggressors and victims can be discriminated based on their acoustic structure but the mechanisms of listener comprehension of these calls are currently unknown. In...

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Main Authors: Katie E Slocombe, Tanja Kaller, Josep Call, Klaus Zuberbühler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2904366?pdf=render

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