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What Chimpanzee Gestures Reveal About Human Communication - Publication Date |
- Jul 26, 2024
- Episode Duration |
- 00:09:20
Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives. But does much of their communication resembles ours? According to a new study published earlier this week in the journal
Current Biology, chimpanzees gesture back-and-forth in a similar way to how humans take turns speaking. The research presents an intriguing possibility that this style of communication may have evolved before humans split off from great apes, and tells researchers more about how turn-taking evolved.
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