Pippi Longstocking's Monkey Scientifically Acknowledged

Her monkey's name was Mr. Nilsson. Recent research in Vienna shows that humans share their capability of pattern recognition and sense of rhythm (essential in making music) with the Mr. Nilsson species, squirrel monkeys. Our branches of the evolution tree parted 30 million years ago, which indicates these are pretty ancient abilities... Astrid Lindgren rules! ;-)