Macaques can also develop a sense of rhythm

Macaques can also develop a sense of rhythm

Macaques can clap to the beat of music. © cookelma/iStock

People can perceive the rhythm of music and move in time to it. But this ability is not limited to humans and other animal species with a talent for language, as researchers have now surprisingly discovered. Accordingly, macaques can also clap to a beat, provided they have been rhythmically trained beforehand. This knowledge sets

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