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Territorial song and facial gesture: A language precursor in apes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Maria Ujhelyi
Maria Ujhelyi
Affiliation:
Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University of Medicine, 1089 Budapest, Hungaryujhmar@net.sote.hu www.sote.hu/magtud
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Abstract

The natural communication system of chimpanzees has some unique characteristics rooted in two possible ways of producing call variants in primates. The chimpanzee call repertoire contains variants available to all group members. The transfer presupposes voluntary control and learnability. Chimpanzee vocalization (or its homologue in the common ancestor of chimpanzee and man) seems to represent a real precursor of human language.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 1999 , pp. 572 - 573
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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