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With a bit of training, macaques can make rhythmic movements in time with music, an ability only shown before by a handful of animals
By James Woodford
Macaques can develop a sense of rhythm
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Monkeys can learn to tap along to a tune, suggesting a sense of rhythm may be more widespread in the animal kingdom than was previously thought.
Until now it was widely believed that the ability to synchronise movements with music is limited to species with complex vocalisations, such as humans and some songbirds.
Vani Rajendran at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and her colleagues decided to test this skill…
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