Tag: University of St Andrews

  • Titi Monkeys Use Sentence-Like Order

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    Titi monkey-talk has just been deciphered, with researchers now comparing the communication of these small primates to those of humans. The study, published in the latest issue of Biology Letters, notes that titi alarm calls specify the type of predator, such as caracara (predatory bird) or oncilla (mammalian hunter). The calls also mention where the…

  • Microbes to be ‘last survivors’ on future Earth

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    From an article by Rebecca Morelle, Science reporter, BBC World Service: The last surviving creatures on Earth will be tiny organisms living deep underground, according to scientists. Researchers used a computer model to assess our planet’s fate billions of years from now. They found that as the Sun becomes hotter and brighter, only microbes would…