New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using regular spacing between drum hits. Their results show that eastern and ...

Previous research has shown that chimps have their own signature drumming style. A new analysis of 371 bouts of chimpanzee drumming demonstrates that the chimps “clearly play their instruments -- the ...

New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using ...

A 2022 study from the same research team showed that chimpanzees can drum on the buttress roots of trees. Drumming on these ...

Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved in our common ancestor ...