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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Monkeys Use "Sentences," Study Suggests


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A male putty-nosed monkey gazes out from the treetops of a Nigerian national park.

The monkeys seem to be able to string two different alarm calls together to create a message, new research shows. The finding could mean that the primates are capable of creating simple "sentences," an ability thought to be unique to humans.

Photograph © Kate Arnold/ Nature