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Chimps Born to Appreciate Music

BBC: Chimpanzees are biologically programmed to appreciate pleasant music. The discovery comes from experiments showing that an infant chimpanzee prefers to listen to consonant music over dissonant music. That suggests the apes are born with an innate appreciation of pleasant sounds, say scientists in the journal Primates.

news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8174000/8174534.stm

Ronan keeps the beat: sea lion learns to keep rhythm

UC Santa Cruz, Marine Lab and Psychology

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