Why Vocal Production of Atypical Sounds in Apes and Cerebral Correlates Have a Lot to Say About the Origin of Language
Department
Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-17-2014
Abstract
Ackermann et al. mention the “acquisition of species-atypical sounds” in apes without any discussion. In our commentary, we demonstrate that these atypical sounds in chimpanzees not only include laryngeal sounds, but also have a major significance regarding the origins of language, if we consider looking at their context of use, their social properties, their relations with gestures, their lateralization, and their neurofunctional correlates as well.
Journal Title
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Journal ISSN
1469-1825
Volume
37
Issue
6
First Page
565
Last Page
566
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1017/S0140525X13004135
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