Grim Reaper 6 Posted July 22 #1 Share Posted July 22 Human conversations are rapid-fire affairs, with mere milliseconds passing between one person’s utterance and their partner’s response. This speedy turn taking is universal across cultures—but now it turns out that chimpanzees do it, too. By analyzing thousands of gestures from chimpanzees in five different communities in East Africa, researchers found that the animals take turns while communicating, and do so as quickly as we do. The speedy gestural conversations are also seen across chimp communities, just like in humans, the authors report today in Current Biology. The finding is “very exciting” says Maël Leroux, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Rennes who was not involved with the work. “Language is the hallmark of our species … and a central feature of language is our ability to take turns.” Finding a similar behavior in our closest living relative, he says, suggests we may have inherited this ability from our shared common ancestor.. https://www.science.org/content/article/chimps-take-turns-while-chatting-just-humans 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted July 23 #2 Share Posted July 23 20 hours ago, Grim Reaper 6 said: https://www.science.org/content/article/chimps-take-turns-while-chatting-just-humans The posted link is behind a paywall. Here's the article on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c25lw18zrjyo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted July 23 #3 Share Posted July 23 17 minutes ago, Still Waters said: The posted link is behind a paywall. Here's the article on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c25lw18zrjyo I noticed no paywall? I could read the whole article. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted July 23 #4 Share Posted July 23 Quote Thank you for reading News fromScience. You have reached your limit of 3 free news stories in the past 30 days. To gain unlimited access to News from Science, please sign in or subscribe to News from Science. AAAS Members can sign in for unlimited access. $2.99 /MONTH $25./YEAR $2.99/MONTH I still can't read it. 22 minutes ago, Abramelin said: I noticed no paywall? I could read the whole article. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted July 23 #5 Share Posted July 23 39 minutes ago, Still Waters said: I still can't read it. "You have reached your limit of 3 free news stories in the past 30 days." That's it: I hardly ever go to that site. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted July 23 Author #6 Share Posted July 23 1 hour ago, Still Waters said: The posted link is behind a paywall. Here's the article on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c25lw18zrjyo Thank you very much I appreciate it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted July 23 #7 Share Posted July 23 2 hours ago, Abramelin said: That's it: I hardly ever go to that site. I don't normally except when it's posted as a source link, I have to if I want to read the article. Or not read the article if it doesn't let me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted July 23 #8 Share Posted July 23 What I always do is copy the title of the article, and then paste it into one of my search engines. It never fails. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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