The Elgin Center is a non-profit research center which specializes in zoosemiotics, or animal communication. The Elgin Center carries out research in the wild (in Nicaragua at The Maderas rainforest conservancy, in a lab (where the center performs anatomical studies on animal brains with regard to language areas, and in a semi-free ranging environment (primarily at Lion Country Safari in Loxahatchee, Florida in the United States).
A primary focus of the center has been research on the vocalizations of Lion Country Safari's chimpanzees.
Read more about Elgin Center: Group-specific Vocalizations and Vocal Evolution in Chimpanzees, Chimpanzee Cognition, Alarm Calls in Wild Capuchin Monkeys
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