Article 6QBBT Marmosets use specific ‘names’ for one another, study finds

Marmosets use specific ‘names’ for one another, study finds

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Nicola Davis Science correspondent
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Researchers say behaviour, identified for first time in non-human primates, aids social cohesion

Whether referring to a politician, cheering on an athlete, or recounting what friends and family have been up to, names often crop up in everyday human communication. Now researchers say marmoset monkeys use similar labels.

Besides humans, only dolphins and elephants were previously known to use vocal labels for other members of their species.

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