蜜芽传媒

The secret communication of gibbons has been interpreted for the first time in a study published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. The research reveals the likely meaning of a number of distinct gibbon whispers, or 鈥渉oo鈥� calls, responding to particular events and types of predator. Anthropologist Esther Clarke, explains more to John Humphrys.

First broadcast on Today, 8 April 2015.