Dec 17, 2024 · Already observations of teasing in all the great ape species suggest the roots of human humor may go back 13 million years or more to the last common ancestor of Aisha the orangutan and the bored...

Great apes give gestures deliberately and voluntarily, in order to influence particular target audiences, whose direction of attention they take into account when choosing which type of gesture to use.

May 21, 2014 · On Twitter, Justin Jacoby Smith recommends Auspex, a free utility for Windows that mimics the Mac and iPhone’s system-wide text-replacement function. And the best app like this for Android seems to...

Jun 6, 2013 · Using video analysis, a team of UCLA researchers found that human, chimpanzee and bonobo babies make similar gestures when interacting with caregivers. Members of all three species reach with their...

Feb 20, 2025 · A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises new questions about ape communication, culture and the meaning of sharing a language

Aug 28, 2007 · That simple gesture, the upturned palm, is one of the oldest and most widely understood signals in the world. It’s activated by neural circuits inherited from ancient reptiles that abased...

Aug 21, 2021 · Just like people, some great apes don’t leave each other hanging. Instead, they purposefully use signals to begin and end social interactions. Researchers observed more than 1,200 interactions...

Apr 6, 2017 · Not that you're likely to ever be in a situation where you're gambling with a chimpanzee or orangutan, but if you did sit down to a hand of Texas hold'em with a great ape, it might help to know that they can tell when you hold a belief that probably isn't true.

Jul 21, 2014 · Ape gesturing is the only nonhuman communication system with substantial evidence for intentional use [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19], providing a unique opportunity to examine the intended meanings, analogous to human linguistic meanings, of nonhuman signals.

Aug 31, 2021 · Researchers found that infants laugh in a similar pattern to great apes. Laughter transcends all languages – and now scientists know this spontaneous response is universal across some primate...