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A new study from Hebrew University reveals that marmoset monkeys use specific calls, known as "phee-calls," to name each other, a behavior previously known to exist only in humans, dolphins, and ...

Scientists say the findings shine a light on how humans' ability to communicate developed MONKEYS give each other nicknames, just like humans, and the behavior is thought to afford them a competitive ...

A pair of black-tufted marmosets. Image Credit: Miguelrangeljr via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0 Human children aren’t the only primates that are eager to interrupt their parents’ conversations.

Marmosets are fluffy, 8-inch-long monkeys native to South America. They are also very polite. New research shows that these little mammals carry on lengthy, back-and-forth discussions without ...

Common marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus) have been described as having human-like conversations according to a team of researchers from the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Native to Brazil, ...

Marmoset monkeys exist on a branch of the evolutionary tree that is distinct from the one that led to humans. But these fellow primates consistently astonish researchers with social behavior that ...