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Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, according to a new study. Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds ...

Scientists observed two separate groups of orangutans making biphonations, or two sounds at once. Julielangford via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 3.0 Beatboxers can use their mouths and vocal cords to ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Our red-headed primate cousins, the orangutans, might be more similar ...

Roaming the dense jungles of South-East Asia, one might hear a distant call faintly resembling a beatboxer, but rather than emanating from a human, it might just be coming from an orangutan. The great ...

Wendy Erb has spent countless hours studying orangutans in Borneo's tropical peatland forests in order to learn how male Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) communicate. While doing so, she ...

Male Bornean Orangutan - Big Cheeks. Image by Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Male Bornean Orangutan - Big Cheeks. Image by Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, ...

New research from The University of Warwick has revealed that orangutans, the most arboreal of the great apes, produce consonant-like calls more often and of greater variety than their African ...

Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, according to a study led by the University of Warwick. Academics say the findings provide clues around ...