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This project explores the evolution of human language by studying communication in great apes. It examines cultural variations in ape gestures, how they combine signals to convey meaning, and compares these findings with human communication to understand the roots of language.
Understanding the origins of language speaks to the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
Other species’ communication contains rich information exchange; but humans do more than broadcast information.
Language is used to communicate goals to partners, it goes beyond information: it has meaning.
Only great ape gestures show similarly systematic meaningful communication; they are essential to understanding how human language evolved.
Beyond meaning, two core features of human languag…
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