Rhythm is important for human music and speech. But are we the only mammal with a sense of rhythm? In an experimental study published in Biology Letters, a team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen and Sealcentre Pieterburen show that seals can discriminate rhythm without prior training. Seals’ rhythmic ability may be linked to their ability to learn vocalizations, skills that may have co-evolved in both humans and seals.
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