How Can a Multimodal Approach to Primate Communication Help Us Understand the Evolution of Communication?

Scientists studying the communication of non-human animals are often aiming to better understand the evolution of human communication, including human language. Some scientists take a phylogenetic perspective, where the goal is to trace the evolutionary history of communicative traits, while others...

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Main Authors: Bridget M. Waller, Katja Liebal, Anne M. Burrows, Katie. E. Slocombe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-07-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491301100305