US EditionChimpanzees Learn to Communicate From Mum, Not Dad
3 Articles
3 Articles
Chimpanzees learn to communicate from mum, not dad
A chimpanzee mother and offspring of the Kanyawara community. Credit: Ray Donovan (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Research conducted by the University of Zurich has found that young chimpanzees pick up most of their communication style from their mother and maternal relatives, rather than their father. The results suggest that the social learning of communication is not unique to humans and dates the behaviour back furt…
We are not the only animals able to communicate. Other species may not have a language like ours because, in part, we define the necessary characteristics of language from what we do as humans. However, leaving aside the controversy about it that still erupt between anthropologists and animal behavior scholars, there is no doubt that, at least, the communication systems of other animals are far from being banal or rudimentary. They involve a com…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium