When people are having a conversation, they rapidly take turns speaking and sometimes even interrupt. Now, researchers who have collected the largest ever dataset of chimpanzee "conversations" have found that they communicate back and forth using gestures following the same rapid-fire pattern. The findings are reported on July 22 in the journal Current Biology.

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Chimpanzees gesture back and forth quickly like in human conversations, researchers find

Researchers at the University of St Andrews used the largest-ever database of wild chimpanzee gestures in their work.

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‘Amazing’ similarities between chimpanzee and human conversations – study

It turns out that humans and our evolutionary companion chimpanzees are similar in yet another way -- making conversation.

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Chimpanzees communicate with human-like gestures in regional dialects: study

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Scots study finds ‘amazing’ similarities between chimpanzee and human conversations

When people are having a conversation, they rapidly take turns speaking and sometimes even interrupt. Now, researchers who have collected the largest ever dataset of chimpanzee &ldquo;conversations&rdquo; have found that they communicate back and forth using gestures following the same rapid-fire pattern. The findings are reported on July 22 in the journal Current Biology.

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Chimpanzees gesture back and forth quickly like in human conversations

When people are having a conversation, they rapidly take turns speaking and sometimes even interrupt. Now, researchers who have collected the largest ever dataset of chimpanzee 'conversations' have found that they communicate back and forth using gestures following the same rapid-fire pattern.

Science Daily

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New research shows that chimpanzees regularly communicate with each other through rapid back-and-forth gestures, similar to how humans talk.

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Scientists have found that chimpanzees send each other gestures just like humans. Read more interesting facts ᐅ news 1+1 (TSN.ua)

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Chimpanzees communicate in human-like gestures in regional dialects: study

Humans and chimpanzees both take part in rapid social exchanges, suggesting some foundational principles of language may have evolved earlier than previously thought

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Chimps respond to each other at a pace similar to human conversation

Chimpanzee gestures mirror human conversation, as revealed by a groundbreaking study of 252 chimps.

Chimpanzees gesture back and forth quickly like in human conversations, researchers find

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