Scientists reflect on the life and work of a researcher whose discoveries made them rethink what it means to be human.

This research was supported by funding from: The National Center for Competence in Research "Evolving Language" (SNSF agreement number 51NF40_180888) Swiss National Science Foundation (project grant ...

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What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the ...

The study of gestural communication in great apes has provided a rich insight into the evolutionary roots of human language. Apes typically employ an extensive repertoire of innate gestures that are ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A male chimpanzee may beg for food from another chimpanzee by gesturing with an extended arm and open hand. Under different circumstances, the same chimpanzee may use the same ...

From pointing to animated arm movements and nodding, people regularly employ gestures to accompany and create language. Now, it's been suggested that humans can also understand sign language used by ...

Introduction: primatological perspectives on language / Barbara J. King -- Viewed from up close: monkeys, apes, and language-origins theories / Barbara J. King -- Primate social organization, gestural ...

Marmosets can communicate with one another by name and know when they are being addressed, joining a very short list of species exhibiting such behavior, and a first for non-human primates, a new ...