In the dense forests of Indonesia, you can hear strange and haunting sounds. At first, these calls may seem like a random ...

While orangutans and humans share about 97 percent of their DNA, chimpanzees and bonobos are more closely related to our species. Since orangutans still exhibit this robust vocal repertoire ...

In work from the University of Warwick, researchers have found that wild orangutans vocalize with a layered complexity previously thought to be unique to human communication, suggesting a much older ...

It’s the physical traits, rather than the strictly genetic ones, that researchers say link orangutans so closely to humans. One of those traits: “Humans and orangutans actually have a hairline ...

Orangutan communication sheds light on human speech origins. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 27, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 12 / 221220112426.htm ...

Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers. Credit: Adriano R. Lameira and Madeleine Hardus Co-author and independent researcher Madeleine ...

The study suggests that these vocal abilities in orangutans may have existed in ancient, extinct relatives of humans and could have influenced the development of human speech. The vocal control ...

New research reveals Sumatran orangutans use recursion in vocal patterns, challenging human language uniqueness.

“She doesn’t see tiny humans up close much, so I think she was curious to see Caleb,” Turner said. “She was so observant, and [orangutans] are so humanlike. She was looking me in the eye ...

Orangutans have the longest period of dependence on the mother of any land-dwelling animal, including humans, according to the Smithsonian National Zoo. Newborn orangutans are completely dependent ...

“Wild orangutans, however, use consonant-like calls universally and consistently across different populations and for multiple behaviours, much like humans do with speech. Their vocal repertoire ...

In the dense forests of Indonesia, you can hear strange and haunting sounds. At first, these calls may seem like a random collection of noises – but my rhythmic analyses reveal a different story.