Data from: An archive of longitudinal recordings of the vocalizations of adult Gombe chimpanzees

Studies of chimpanzee vocal communication provide valuable insights into the evolution of communication in complex societies, and also comparative data for understanding the evolution of human language. One particularly valuable dataset of recordings from free-living chimpanzees was collected by Frans X. Plooij and the late Hetty van de Rijt-Plooij at Gombe National Park, Tanzania (1971–73). These audio specimens, which have not yet been analysed, total over 10 h on 28 tapes, including 7 tapes focusing on adult individuals with a total of 605 recordings. In 2014 the first part of that collection of audio specimens covering the vocalizations of the immature Gombe chimpanzees was made available. The data package described here covers the vocalizations of the adult chimpanzees. We expect these recordings will prove useful for studies on topics including referential signalling and the emergence of dialects. The digitized sound recordings were stored in the Macaulay Library and the Dryad Repository. In addition, the original notes on the contexts of the calls were translated and transcribed from Dutch into English.

对黑猩猩声音交流的研究，可为解析复杂社会中的交流演化提供宝贵洞见，同时也能为理解人类语言的演化提供比较研究数据。由弗兰斯·X·普卢伊（Frans X. Plooij）与已故的赫蒂·范·德·里吉特-普卢伊（Hetty van de Rijt-Plooij）于1971至1973年间在坦桑尼亚贡贝国家公园（Gombe National Park）采集的野生黑猩猩录音数据集，便是极具价值的此类资料之一。这批尚未经过分析的音频标本共计28盘磁带，总时长超10小时，其中7盘聚焦成年个体，累计包含605条录音。2014年，该批标本中涵盖贡贝幼年黑猩猩发声行为的部分首次对外公开。本文所描述的数据包，收录的正是成年黑猩猩的发声录音。我们预期这批录音将为包括指称性信号传递、方言起源在内的多项研究提供有力支持。这批数字化音频录音已存档于麦考利馆藏库（Macaulay Library）与Dryad数字仓储（Dryad Repository）。此外，关于鸣叫场景的原始记录笔记已从荷兰语翻译并转录为英语。