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Stuart K Watson¹, Simon W Townsend², Anne M Schel³, Claudia Wilke⁴, Emma K Wallace⁴, Leveda Cheng⁴, Victoria West⁵, Katie E Slocombe⁶

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¹ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, UK.
² Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
³ Animal Ecology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of York, York, North Yorkshire YO10 5DD, UK.
⁵ Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.
⁶ Department of Psychology, University of York, York, North Yorkshire YO10 5DD, UK. Electronic address: katie.slocombe@york.ac.uk.

PMID: 26528741
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.024

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Stuart K Watson et al. Curr Biol. 2015.

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. 2015 Nov 2;25(21):R1030-R1031.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.024.

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Stuart K Watson¹, Simon W Townsend², Anne M Schel³, Claudia Wilke⁴, Emma K Wallace⁴, Leveda Cheng⁴, Victoria West⁵, Katie E Slocombe⁶

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¹ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, UK.
² Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
³ Animal Ecology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of York, York, North Yorkshire YO10 5DD, UK.
⁵ Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.
⁶ Department of Psychology, University of York, York, North Yorkshire YO10 5DD, UK. Electronic address: katie.slocombe@york.ac.uk.

PMID: 26528741
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.024

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We welcome the correspondence from Fischer and colleagues regarding our recent paper on vocal learning in chimpanzee food grunts [1]. Fischer et al. make two challenges to our paper's conclusions, which we address here.

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Vocal learning in the functionally referential food grunts of chimpanzees.
Watson SK, Townsend SW, Schel AM, Wilke C, Wallace EK, Cheng L, West V, Slocombe KE. Watson SK, et al. Curr Biol. 2015 Feb 16;25(4):495-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.032. Epub 2015 Feb 5. Curr Biol. 2015. PMID: 25660548
Is there any evidence for vocal learning in chimpanzee food calls?
Fischer J, Wheeler BC, Higham JP. Fischer J, et al. Curr Biol. 2015 Nov 2;25(21):R1028-R1029. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.010. Curr Biol. 2015. PMID: 26528740

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