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Woodpeckers drumming their beaks into trees are using the same part of the brain as songbirds learning to sing a tune, a new study has found. The bird's forebrain contains specialised pecking regions ...

Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a new study shows. Chimpanzees and humans last shared a common ancestor around 6 million years ago. Scientists suspect this ancient ...

Brad Cooper, center, presented the pahu drum, Kaniala‘a, to Kaleo Paik, right, during a ceremony at the Hawea Heiau Complex site Sunday. Kaniala‘a was crafted by Cooper using a piece of Coco, a ...

A new study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks. Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a new study shows. Chimpanzees and humans ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when ...