Communication in Primates

A Nested RT-PCR Method for Confirming the Absence of all Three Types of Polioviruses in Primates and Human Cells Used in Vaccine Production

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Socio-Cognitive Specializations in Nonhuman Primates: Evidence from Gestural Communication

This chapter reviews primate cognitive abilities in physical, social, and communicative realms and asks (1) whether primates exhibit abilities that diff er from those of other animals, and (2) what selective pressures primates face that may have led to the emergence of specifi c cognitive abilities. The authors focus on communication as the most likely realm for primate cognitive specialization...

Different Approaches to Meaning in Primate Gestural and Vocal Communication

In searching for the roots of human language, comparative researchers investigate whether precursors to language are already present in our closest relatives, the nonhuman primates. As the majority of studies into primates’ communication use a unimodal approach with focus on one signal type only, researchers investigate very different aspects depending on whether they are interested in vocal, g...

Functional imaging of brain regions sensitive to communication sounds in primates

There is considerable brain imaging evidence on the neural substrates of speech in humans, but only recently has data for comparison become available on the brain regions that process communication signals in other primates. To obtain insights into the relationship between the substrates for communication in primates, we compared the results from several neuroimaging studies in humans with thos...

On the origins of human handedness and language: a comparative review of hand preferences for bimanual coordinated actions and gestural communication in nonhuman primates.

Within the evolutionary framework about the origin of human handedness and hemispheric specialization for language, the question of expression of population-level manual biases in nonhuman primates and their potential continuities with humans remains controversial. Nevertheless, there is a growing body of evidence showing consistent population-level handedness particularly for complex manual be...

Non-human Primates and Communication