In a playback experiment in which female baboons listened to a recording of a female's grunt followed by another female's submissive fear barks,
A) females responded more strongly when they heard a higher-ranking female responding submissively to a lower-ranking female's grunt.
B) females responded more strongly when they heard high-ranking females in conflict with each other.
C) females reacted to each vocalization regardless of the rank of those making the call.
D) females only reacted to the vocalizations of female kin.

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The experiment found that females responded more strongly when they heard a higher-ranking female responding submissively to a lower-ranking female's grunt. This suggests that social hierarchy plays a role in how females interpret and respond to vocalizations from other females.

In a Playback Experiment in Which Female Baboons Listened to a Recording