Tamarins use specific vocalizations to identify each other, akin to names—a highly advanced cognitive ability that, apart from humans, had only been discovered in elephants and dolphins, according to a study by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, published in Science. To make this study, researchers recorded natural conversations between pairs of tamarins, as well as interactions between monkeys and a computer system, observing that the monkeys use specific vocalizations to address particular individuals. “This discovery highlight the complexity of social communication among marmosets,” says one of the authors, David Omer, a brain sciences researcher at the Hebrew University, in a … Continue reading Tamarin Monkeys Among Only Three Species Including Humans That Use ‘Names’ to Identify Each Other—Discover the Surprising Cognitive Leap