What’s in a name? People use unique names to address each other, but we’re one of only a handful of animal species known to do that, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and investigating how they use them can improve scientists’ understanding of both other animals and ourselves. As elephant researchers who have […]
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First nonhuman species found to use name-like sounds for each other, study says
It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like calls for each other that resemble human names – a finding that potentially “radically expands the express power of language evolution.” Researchers analyzed the […]