Marmoset monkeys use a high-pitched “phee call” to name other monkeys, one of a short list of animals known to deploy names. The Washington Post. Marmoset monkeys call each other by name, ...

To find out whether the same principle held true for marmosets, Ghazanfar and his colleagues set up an experiment using pairs of fraternal twin marmosets, small, highly social monkeys from South ...

Marmoset monkeys are known to cooperate, and now researchers have discovered a new twist: the animals actually help each other more when they think no one is watching them. News.

Marmosets are fluffy, 8-inch-long monkeys native to South America. They are also very polite. New research shows that these little mammals carry on ...

When we talk to one another, we take turns. This simple rule seems to apply to all human conversation, whether the speakers are English city-dwellers or Namibian hunter-gatherers. One person ...

Marmosets are the first nonhuman primates known to use name-like labels for individuals, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes The common marmoset is a certified chatterbox. The small, South ...

Marmoset monkeys make complex vocalizations. Macaque monkeys don't. And the reason could help explain how the human brain evolved to produce speech. Some monkeys have astounding vocal abilities ...

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