The monkeys' "ultra-yodels" had frequency leaps that were five times larger than human frequency changes, often exceeding ...

A new study suggests that when it comes to yodelling, you might be better taking notes from a monkey. Yodelling is a singing ...

Professor Tecumseh Fitch, an expert in human vocal evolution from the University of Vienna and a co-author of the study, said: "Our study shows that vocal membranes extend the monkey's pitch range ...

Their remarkable vocal ability is thanks to thin vocal cord membranes located above the vocal folds in the larynx.

allow monkeys to introduce voice breaks to their calls. These structures disappeared from humans through evolution to allow for more stable speech. Authors of the study, published in the journal ...

Research suggests yodelling monkeys can produce far greater frequency jumps than humans (Dr Jacob Dunn/Anglia Ruskin University/PA) Yodelling monkeys can produce far greater frequency jumps than ...

This is how a crested capuchin monkey yodels – From Wissen allgemein ... likely why the membranes disappeared in the course of human evolution. As the ability to speak evolved, it required ...

The macaque monkey is the non-human primate best ... This insight underscores the complexity of human brain evolution, suggesting that our advanced cognitive abilities arose not from a single ...

This is thought to give monkeys, which are social creatures, a more complex way of communicating with each other. All other primates, and even ancient human ancestors, appear to have this special ...