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dc.contributor.authorLeroux, Maël
dc.contributor.authorChandia, Bosco
dc.contributor.authorBosshard, Alexandra B
dc.contributor.authorZuberbühler, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorTownsend, Simon W
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-03T23:38:46Z
dc.date.available2023-08-03T23:38:46Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-01
dc.identifier280833159
dc.identifierd96c11e7-168d-4074-9f8f-0ee4e90b31c1
dc.identifier000835714600001
dc.identifier85137020075
dc.identifier.citationLeroux , M , Chandia , B , Bosshard , A B , Zuberbühler , K & Townsend , S W 2022 , ' Call combinations in chimpanzees : a social tool? ' , Behavioral Ecology , vol. 33 , no. 5 , arac074 , pp. 1036-1043 . https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac074en
dc.identifier.issn1465-7279
dc.identifier.otherBibtex: 10.1093/beheco/arac074
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-8378-088X/work/117210971
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/28096
dc.descriptionFunding: This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (PP00P3_163850 & PP00P3_198912) to S.W.T. and the National Center of Competence in Research Evolving Language (SNSF Agreement #51NF40_180888).en
dc.description.abstractA growing body of evidence suggests the capacity for animals to combine calls into larger communicative structures is more common than previously assumed. Despite its cross-taxa prevalence, little is known regarding the evolutionary pressures driving such combinatorial abilities. One dominant hypothesis posits that social complexity and vocal complexity are linked, with changes in social structuring (e.g., group size) driving the emergence of ever-more complex vocal abilities, such as call sequencing. In this paper, we tested this hypothesis through investigating combinatoriality in the vocal system of the highly social chimpanzee. Specifically, we predicted combinatoriality to be more common in socially-driven contexts and in females and lower-ranked males (socially challenging contexts and socially challenged individuals respectively). Firstly, through applying methods from computational linguistics (i.e., collocation analyses), we built an objective repertoire of combinatorial structures in this species. Second, we investigated what potential factors influenced call combination production. We show that combinatoriality is predominant in 1) social contexts vs. non-social contexts, 2) females vs. males, and 3) negatively correlates with male rank. Together, these results suggest one function of combinatoriality in chimpanzees may be to help individuals navigate their dynamic social world. More generally, we argue these findings provide support for the hypothesized link between social and vocal complexity and can provide insight into the evolution of our own highly combinatorial communication system, language.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBehavioral Ecologyen
dc.subjectBF Psychologyen
dc.subjectQL Zoologyen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subjectACen
dc.subjectMCCen
dc.subject.lccBFen
dc.subject.lccQLen
dc.titleCall combinations in chimpanzees : a social tool?en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscienceen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolutionen
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/beheco/arac074
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2023-08-04


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