Tag Archive for 'Gesture'

Joint action structure of chimpanzees and bonobos resembles that of humans. Image credit: Emilie Genty.

Study: Great Apes Use ‘Hello’ and ‘Goodbye’ Signals to Begin and End Social Interactions

Aug 12, 2021 by News Staff

In a paper published this week in the journal iScience, an international team of researchers documented chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan...

Gestures of our primate cousins may be more similar to our own language than previously thought. Image credit: Republica.

Chimpanzees’ Gestural Communication Follows Same Laws as Human Language: Study

Feb 14, 2019 by News Staff

According to a new study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, gestures of chimpanzees follow the same mathematical patterns — known...

The bonobo (Pan paniscus). Image credit: Pierre Fidenci / CC BY-SA 2.5.

Study: Infants Use Same Gestures as Chimpanzees

Sep 13, 2018 by News Staff

Great apes of all species — human and non-human — communicate using a combination of different types of signals: vocalizations, gestures, facial...

Chimps and bonobos use gestures to initiate and change positions during grooming. Image credit: Catherine Hobaiter.

Bonobo and Chimp Gestures Overlap in Meaning, Study Finds

Feb 28, 2018 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal PLoS Biology, two closely related great ape species — the bonobo (Pan paniscus) and the common chimpanzee...