by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 6, 2007 | Gesture, Intention, Orangutan
An ingenuous experiment announced last week shows that orangutans communicate with intention. When the orangutans were shown food (delicious items, like bananas and bread, and less appealing food, like celery) that could only be reached with human help, they clearly...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jun 27, 2007 | Bonobos, Chimpanzees, Gesture
Meaningful, communicative gestures are shared by humans and other great apes. As with human groups, different groups of chimpanzees and bonobos may use the same gesture to mean completely different things. New Scientist, The Economist, PNAS.
