Highlights•Chimpanzees produce low-frequency sounds by drumming on buttress roots of
trees.•Drumming is used across contexts with apparently long-and short-distance functions.• …

We present a novel approach to automatically detect and classify great ape calls from
continuous raw audio recordings collected during field research. Our method leverages …

Animal communication is frequently studied with conventional network representations that
link pairs of individuals who interact, for example, through vocalization. However, acoustic …

Observations of early vocal behaviours in non-human primates (hereafter primates) are
important for direct comparisons between human and primate vocal development. However …

Early-life experiences, such as maternal care received, influence adult social integration and
survival. We examine what changes to social behavior through ontogeny lead to these …

Highlights•Juveniles relied on older individuals about how to best respond to snakes.•Adults
reacted rapidly and only produced alarm calls to dangerous vipers models.•Snake …

Abstract 'Pant-hoot displays' are a species-typical, multi-modal communicative behaviour in
chimpanzees in which pant-hoot vocalisations are combined with varied behavioural …

Due to the curiosity and interest humans show towards great apes such as chimpanzees
(Pan troglodytes), we can find large numbers of captive chimpanzees all over the world …

We are grateful to all commentators for their engagement with our article and insightful
comments. Though generous, the target article's word limit was quite constraining for our …

Syntax is considered a key feature distinguishing human language from other non-human
animal communication systems. However, evidence for combinatorial capacities in a wide …