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Chimpanzee alarm call production meets key criteria for intentionality
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dc.contributor.author | Schel, Anne Marijke | |
dc.contributor.author | Townsend, Simon W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Machanda, Zarin | |
dc.contributor.author | Zuberbuehler, Klaus | |
dc.contributor.author | Slocombe, Katie E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-02T09:31:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-05-02T09:31:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-10-16 | |
dc.identifier | 115255643 | |
dc.identifier | 79086b3a-9c74-4f24-afa0-d2f3bd023c61 | |
dc.identifier | 000326019400080 | |
dc.identifier | 84885701141 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Schel , A M , Townsend , S W , Machanda , Z , Zuberbuehler , K & Slocombe , K E 2013 , ' Chimpanzee alarm call production meets key criteria for intentionality ' , PLoS ONE , vol. 8 , no. 10 , e76674 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076674 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-8378-088X/work/64360646 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/4692 | |
dc.description | BBSRC-funded, but difficult to identify the specific grant. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Determining the intentionality of primate communication is critical to understanding the evolution of human language. Although intentional signalling has been claimed for some great ape gestural signals, comparable evidence is currently lacking for their vocal signals. We presented wild chimpanzees with a python model and found that two of three alarm call types exhibited characteristics previously used to argue for intentionality in gestural communication. These alarm calls were: (i) socially directed and given to the arrival of friends, (ii) associated with visual monitoring of the audience and gaze alternations, and (iii) goal directed, as calling only stopped when recipients were safe from the predator. Our results demonstrate that certain vocalisations of our closest living relatives qualify as intentional signals, in a directly comparable way to many great ape gestures. We conclude that our results undermine a central argument of gestural theories of language evolution and instead support a multimodal origin of human language. | |
dc.format.extent | 11 | |
dc.format.extent | 414256 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS ONE | en |
dc.subject | Pan-troglodytes | en |
dc.subject | Gestural communication | en |
dc.subject | Wild chimpanzees | en |
dc.subject | Semantic communication | en |
dc.subject | Language evolution | en |
dc.subject | Attentional status | en |
dc.subject | Differential use | en |
dc.subject | Group members | en |
dc.subject | Audience | en |
dc.subject | Primate | en |
dc.subject | QL Zoology | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QL | en |
dc.title | Chimpanzee alarm call production meets key criteria for intentionality | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0076674 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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