Monkey talk is short and sweet, say Roehampton researchers (From Your Local Guardian)

Monkey talk is short and sweet, say Roehampton researchers

7:00am Friday 5th February 2010 in

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Monkeys like to keep their conversations short and sweet, very much like humans, researchers at Roehampton University have found.

Scientists studied the formosan macaque of Taiwan, which has 35 different calls, and found the shortest is used the most frequently.

They drew comparisons with English, where short words such as “a”, “the” and “of” are among the most common.