Chimpanzees produce diverse vocal sequences with ordered and recombinatorial properties

Cédric Girard-Buttoz; Emiliano Zaccarella; Tatiana Bortolato; Angela D. Friederici; Roman M. Wittig; Catherine Crockford

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03350-8

Communications Biology (May 2022)

Chimpanzees produce diverse vocal sequences with ordered and recombinatorial properties

Cédric Girard-Buttoz,
Emiliano Zaccarella,
Tatiana Bortolato,
Angela D. Friederici,
Roman M. Wittig,
Catherine Crockford

Affiliations

Cédric Girard-Buttoz: Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS
Emiliano Zaccarella: Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive Sciences
Tatiana Bortolato: Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS
Angela D. Friederici: Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive Sciences
Roman M. Wittig: Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS
Catherine Crockford: Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03350-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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An analysis of the structural complexity of vocal sequences in chimpanzees in the Taï National Park reveal that single vocal units are combined into numerous structured sequences with adjacency dependencies between units.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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