Nobody taught Ayumu to make a drum. Nobody taught him to keep a beat. Yet for more than two years, the 23-year-old chimpanzee living at a research center in Japan has been prying wooden floorboards ...

From Phil Collins to Ringo Starr, many of the most skilled musicians have demonstrated the ability to drum while singing. Now, a study has revealed that chimpanzees have this skill too. Scientists at ...

Scientists have documented a never-seen-before “musical performance” by a chimpanzee at Japan’s Kyoto University, a discovery that sheds more light on the origin of music among the first humans. Ayumu ...

Different chimp troops drum with "distinct" rhythms, reveals new research. The primates use regular spacing between beats, according to the study. The "exciting" findings suggest that the ability to ...

Out west, they groove with fast, evenly spaced beats. In the east, it's more free-form and fluid. Like humans, chimpanzees drum rhythmically -- and two subspecies living on opposite sides of Africa ...