The lip-smacking vocalizations gelada monkeys make are surprisingly similar to human speech, a new study finds. Many non-human primates demonstrate lip-smacking behavior, but geladas are the only ones ...

The lip-smacking vocalizations gelada monkeys make are surprisingly similar to human speech, a new study finds. Many nonhuman primates demonstrate lip-smacking behavior, but geladas are the only ones ...

The lip-smacking vocalizations gelada monkeys make are surprisingly similar to human speech, a new study finds. Many nonhuman primates demonstrate lip-smacking behavior, but geladas are the only ones ...

A gelada baboon in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Photo by A. Davey via Flickr. Scientists studying the evolution of speech have long puzzled over why there are no good models in primates.

Are monkeys talking behind our backs? That creepy “Planet of the Apes” sensation struck University of Michigan researcher Thore Bergman when he heard the lip-smacking sounds of wild geladas, a ...

When humans snore, it can be irritating—especially for the person trying to sleep in the same room. But when pets snore, most of the time we find it incredibly endearing. In a sweet TikTok video, a ...

Adapted from "The Evolving Animal Orchestra: In Search of What Makes Us Musical", by Dr. Henkjan Honing, translated by Sherry Macdonald, The MIT PRESS, 2019. As a music cognition researcher interested ...

If you hear “lip smacking” noises at a zoo in Ohio, it could be the sound of a first-time mom taking care of her baby girl. Hasina, a “picture-perfect” mandrill mother, welcomed her first baby on June ...