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Where have all the (ape) gestures gone?

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dc.contributor.authorByrne, Richard W.
dc.contributor.authorCochet, Hélène
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-01T23:49:07Z
dc.date.available2017-07-01T23:49:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-02
dc.identifier244334601
dc.identifier9ae0c2ce-4689-4128-86c9-f7d58ab43b4a
dc.identifier84976500574
dc.identifier000395057300008
dc.identifier.citationByrne , R W & Cochet , H 2017 , ' Where have all the (ape) gestures gone? ' , Psychonomic Bulletin & Review , vol. 24 , no. 1 , pp. 68-71 . https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1071-0en
dc.identifier.issn1069-9384
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-9862-9373/work/60630564
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/11132
dc.description.abstractComparative analysis of the gestural communication of our nearest animal relatives, the great apes, implies that humans should have the biological potential to produce and understand 60–70 gestures, by virtue of shared common descent. These gestures are used intentionally in apes to convey separate requests, rather than as referential items in syntactically structured signals. At present, no such legacy of shared gesture has been described in humans. We suggest that the fate of “ape gestures” in modern human communication is relevant to the debate regarding the evolution of language through a possible intermediate stage of gestural protolanguage.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPsychonomic Bulletin & Reviewen
dc.subjectCommunicationen
dc.subjectGestureen
dc.subjectGreat apeen
dc.subjectLanguage originen
dc.subjectBF Psychologyen
dc.subjectExperimental and Cognitive Psychologyen
dc.subjectArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)en
dc.subjectDevelopmental and Educational Psychologyen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subject.lccBFen
dc.titleWhere have all the (ape) gestures gone?en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscienceen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolutionen
dc.identifier.doi10.3758/s13423-016-1071-0
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2017-07-01


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