“…When macaque vocalizations made in specific social contexts as expressions of contentment, pleading, dominance, anger, and fear are recorded and then played back, Finnish children and adults are able to interpret accurately what the expressed emotions are (Leinonen, Linnankoski, Laakso, & Aulanko, ; Linnankoski, Laakso, Aulanko, & Leinonen, ). Another study shows that words spoken by Finnish and English speakers in the social context of contentment, pleading, dominance, anger, and fear have the same acoustic waveforms as the macaque vocalizations made in the corresponding contexts (Leinonen, Laakso, Carlson, & Linnankoski, ). It is as though humans and macaques may be able to communicate with each other through the use of holistic utterances and messages .…”