Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerynthrus) is an African monkey who uses different alarm signals to warn of different types of predators, such as leopards, snakes or eagles. Many ethologists say these sounds are a proto-language.
In this video, Robert Seyfarth describes how these signals might be precursors to language.
∞ | 10:47 pm | 25Jan2012 | 51♥
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. Cool monkey language!
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This reminds me of a book I read last year about animal intelligence. It was called The Octopus and the Orangutan: More...
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