A chimpanzee’s rhythmic drumming with floorboards hints at origins of instruments

Mongabay
Apr 15, 2026, 11:59 pm190 ptsTrendingTop
Drumming and singing at the same time is impressive, whether you’re Karen Carpenter, Ringo Starr or a chimpanzee. Japanese researchers report that Ayumu, a 26-year-old male chimpanzee and alpha of his group at Kyoto University’s Institute for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior (EHUB), has been…

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