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Wild gorillas compose happy songs that they hum during meals

Brian Owens · February 24, 2016 ·

Gorillas sing and hum when eating, a discovery that could help shed light on how language evolved in early humans.

Singing seems to be a way for gorillas to express contentment with their meal, as well as for the head of the family to communicate to others that it is dinner time. Read more in New Scientist.

New Scientist animal behaviour, evolution, gorillas

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