Chimpanzees Inclined Towards African, Indian Tunes

Chimpanzees prefer listening to African, Indian tunes over strong beats of Western music, researchers claim. Study co-author Frans de Waal, PhD, of Emory University, said their objective was not to find a preference for different cultures' music and that they used cultural music from Africa, India and Japan to pinpoint specific acoustic properties. When African and Indian music was played near their large outdoor enclosures, the chimps spent significantly ...