[Jeff Chandler]

When monkeys jerked their gherkins, were those the earliest beginnings of anthropology?

[GodGunsGuts]

Ping! :o)

[Psycho_Bunny]

lol

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

[YHAOS]

Music ain’t Science. It don’t count for shinola.

[AZ .44 MAG]

Isn't the Olympics theme song Ode to the Common Man?

Or was it "The Wide World of Sports: The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat".

Damn the gherkins, full speed ahead.

[ViLaLuz]

Uh oh, he said the macaca word.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Monkey Thump Bump! Surely there is a ping list for such a thing?

[SlowBoat407]

Tonight... When Monkeys Drum!

[SlowBoat407]

Alright, somebody's gotta do it.

[dfwgator]

Hey hey we’re the Monkeys....

[ColdWater]

Some wierd IDers on your link. ID is about evolution and a dead God. Why are they on a creationist site?

[ColdWater]

The last thread it was flying pigs! This thread is flying monkeys?

" It is difficult to see how any of this wording explains the origin of complex biological information such as eyes, wings, and new body plans."

[count-your-change]

The full article in Proceedings is available online. The following was found near the end of the article:

“It has also been recognized that language emerged in close association with music (1, 46–48), and it is likely that any underlying common neural substrate would have propagated through primate evolution. Although monkeys have neither language nor musical abilities (49, 50), they communicate by using vocalizations, and their drumming behavior may well be homologous to that used by humans in the context of instrumental music (1). Hence primate drumming might represent a precursor of musical abilities in humans, a notion that is also underscored by the ubiquity of drumming across human cultures (51) and its innate nature (52, 53). Our finding of overlapping brain networks involved in the processing of vocalizations and drumming sounds can hence be interpreted as revealing functional mechanisms to support the theory that vocal communication and drumming may have coevolved into the human faculties of language and music.”

However the Great Spotted Woodpecker has been taking lessons from monkeys it appears or maybe the monkey drummers have been hiring out as teachers.

“Great Spotted Woodpecker is noted for his loud drumming. In early spring, the forests are filled with the sound of his drumming on trees. He is calling for a mate. The longer and more intense the drum, the more interested a female Great Spotted Woodpecker will be. A particular tree branch is chosen for a drumming post. Perched there, He rains blows on the branch, making the drumming audible great distances.
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
funkman.org/animal/bird/greatspottedwoodpecker.html”

And I thought the girls loved guitar players!

[ElectricStrawberry]

....and your problem with this is......?