Is gestural communication more sophisticated than vocal communication in wild chimpanzees?
- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- open peer-commentary
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Vol. 26 (02) , 210-211
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x03240061
Abstract
The communicative behavior of chimpanzees has been cited in support of the hypothesis that language evolved from gesture. In this commentary, I compare gestural and vocal communication in wild chimpanzees. Because the use of gesture in wild chimpanzees is limited, whereas their vocal behavior is relatively complex, I argue that wild chimpanzee behavior fails to support the gestural origins hypothesis.Keywords
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