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Can monkeys tell drones and eagles apart?

What can alarm calls from Senegal鈥檚 green monkeys tell us about technology's impact on primates? Scientists have found similarities between warning cries from these monkeys and a separate population across the continent's responses to eagles. Prof Julia Fischer from the German Primate Centre in G枚ttingen led the research as part of a study into the development of human speech.

(Image: West African green monkey. Credit: Getty Images.)

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