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Human Brains React Differently To Chimp Voices In a Surprising Breakthrough

2026-01-25 Science & Technology
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Top Comments (10)

@harsterl 2026-01-25

anton, your coverage of this incredible discovery could be a turning point in my career. i’m graduating as a molecular/cellular biologist focused on studying animal behavior without a direction on genes of focus. this very well may be a fascinating point of study moving into a phd program, so thank you for sharing 🤝

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@user-tk2jy8xr8b 2026-01-26

Some bird species have words for different kinds of predators. Moreover, they have some sort of grammar, so they react to a specific sequence of words, like "danger snake" causes a snake alarm behavior, but "snake danger" does not, while "danger" alone causes a general alarm reaction.

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@unlicensed_camera 2026-01-26

I mean its makes sense, if you hear a group of people freaking out because they are terrified it sounds just like a group of excited/terrified chimps.

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@cacogenicist 2026-01-25

It's the timbre of chimp vocalizations. Sometimes it's hard to tell screaming juvenile humans from screaming juvenile chimps.

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@gretalaube91 2026-01-26

I can tell what's going on on our 5 acres by if/how the dogs bark, even awaking me from a sound sleep. Also the bird sounds when a fox is around. I also can tell my teenagers are home by the internet speed.

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@Danboi. 2026-01-26

Didn't need science to prove we're like chimps. See it, hear it everyday

33 7 replies
@peetiegonzalez1845 2026-01-26

"you can hear yourself in one of the videos". Feeling called out...

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@MrKago1 2026-01-26

I wonder if another part of the reason we are so sensitive to chimps is because of how much of a threat they are compared to bonobos.

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@PenguinDT 2026-01-26

Good to know I can understand chimps, because I sure hell don't understand most humans these days.

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@emanuelpetre5491 2026-01-27

Did they test Joe Rogan's brain?

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