Social complexity parallels vocal complexity: a comparison of three nonhuman primate species

Social factors play a key role in the structuring of vocal repertoires at the individual level, notably in nonhuman primates. Some authors suggested that, at the species level too, social life may have driven the evolution of communicative complexity, but this has rarely been empirically tested. He...

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Main Authors: Hélène eBOUCHET, Catherine eBlois-Heulin, Alban eLemasson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00390/full