New research indicates that elephants may have individual names for each other, adding a new layer of complexity to elephant communication.
Elephant communication may more complex than we previously thought. That’s because new evidence suggests that elephants likely have unique names for each other, which they use when addressing specific elephants. It’s an intriguing discovery that was only made possible thanks to machine learning. According to a study featured in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, researchers used machine learning to analyze hundreds of wild elephant calls captured between 1986 and 2022.
Instead, the names used in elephant communications appear to be more abstract, like those humans use for each other. This, the researchers say, could suggest that elephants are capable of abstract thought, making them far more intelligent than we previously understood them to be. It is, of course, a huge discovery, and one that could fundamentally change our understanding of these massive creatures completely.
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