Vocal individuality and rhythm in male and female duet contributions of a nonhuman primate.

ABSTRACT: Duetting, or the stereotypical, repeated and often coordinated vocalizations between 2 individuals arose independently multiple times in the Order Primates. Across primate species, there exists substantial variation in terms of timing, degree of overlap, and sex-specificity of duet contributions. There is increasing evidence that primates can modify the timing of their duet contributions relative to their partner, and this vocal flexibility may have been an important precursor to the evolution of human language. Here, we present the results of a fine-scale analysis of Gursky's spectral tarsier Tarsius spectrumgurskyae duet phrases recorded in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Specifically, we aimed to investigate individual-level variation in the female and male contributions to the duet, quantif

SUBMITTER: Clink DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7233616 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature