Chimp drumming reveals building blocks of human rhythm Out west, they groove with fast, evenly spaced beats. The idea that ape drumming might hold clues to the origins of human musicality has long ...

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 ...

A new study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks. Previous research has shown that ...

New research on the rhythmic drumming and complex calls of chimpanzees could point scientists to the origins of language.