Tune into this awesome new chimp drumming study!!! š§µ š„ Featuring the fabulous Nimba chimps!
TLDR: new paper headed up by @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social
& with an awesome team, incl @andrearavignani.bsky.social , showing chimps have rhythm in their drumming & differences b/w east & west drum rhythms!
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But didnāt we know this already you ask? Wellā¦ š§µ1/16
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Chimpanzees drum on the buttress roots of trees for communication. Eleuteri et al.
investigate the presence of key elements of musical rhythm and of regional variation
in chimpanzee buttress drumming....
