Emerging language : cognition and gestural communication in wild and language trained chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

An important element in understanding the evolutionary origin of human language is to explore homologous traits in cognition and communication between primates and humans (Burling, 1993, Hewes, 1973). One proposed modality of language evolution is that of gestural communication, defined as communica...

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Main Author: Roberts, Anna I.
Other Authors: Vick, Sarah-Jane : Buchanan-Smith, Hannah M.
Published: University of Stirling 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.535334