Chimpanzee gestural exchanges share temporal structure with human language.

Autor: Badihi G; School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9JP, UK. Electronic address: galbadihi10@gmail.com., Graham KE; Department of Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY 10065, USA., Grund C; School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9JP, UK., Safryghin A; School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9JP, UK., Soldati A; Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zürich, Zürich 8032, Switzerland., Donnellan E; Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7EQ, UK., Hashimoto C; Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Inuyama 484-8506, Japan., Mine JG; Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zürich, Zürich 8032, Switzerland; Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution, University of Zurich, Zurich 8050, Switzerland., Piel AK; Department of Anthropology, University College London, London WC1H 0BW, UK; Department of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany., Stewart F; Department of Anthropology, University College London, London WC1H 0BW, UK; Department of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany., Slocombe KE; Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK., Wilke C; Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK., Townsend SW; Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zürich, Zürich 8032, Switzerland; Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7EQ, UK; Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution, University of Zurich, Zurich 8050, Switzerland., Zuberbühler K; School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9JP, UK; Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel 2000, Switzerland., Zulberti C; Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig 04103, Germany., Hobaiter C; School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9JP, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2024 Jul 22; Vol. 34 (14), pp. R673-R674.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.009
Abstrakt: Humans regularly engage in efficient communicative conversations, which serve to socially align individuals 1 . In conversations, we take fast-paced turns using a human-universal structure of deploying and receiving signals which shows consistent timing across cultures 2 . We report here that chimpanzees also engage in rapid signal-to-signal turn-taking during face-to-face gestural exchanges with a similar average latency between turns to that of human conversation. This correspondence between human and chimpanzee face-to-face communication points to shared underlying rules in communication. These structures could be derived from shared ancestral mechanisms or convergent strategies that enhance coordinated interactions or manage competition for communicative 'space'.
Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.
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Databáze: MEDLINE