Spoken language was thought of as a hallmarking characteristic of being human. There is a difference here between language and communication—we know that many other species communicate but we also ...

Humans can understand gestures made by other great apes despite not using them ourselves—a comprehension that researchers say is either directly inherited or part of a more general cognition—a study ...

Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, even though we no longer use them ourselves, according to a study by Kirsty E. Graham and Catherine Hobaiter at the University of ...

It turns out you don’t have to be Jane Goodall to understand apes. Even untrained humans can decipher ape communication, including gestures related to grooming and sex, according to a new study ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

The study of gestural communication in great apes has provided a rich insight into the evolutionary roots of human language. Apes typically employ an extensive repertoire of innate gestures that are ...