African elephants address one another with individually specific name-like calls

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02420-w

This study explores how African elephants use individually specific calls to address one another, analogous to human names. Using machine learning, researchers identified these unique call patterns and found that elephants responded more to calls addressed to them. This discovery offers new insights into non-human animal communication, shedding light on language evolution.

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