The presence of divergent and independent research traditions in the gestural and vocal
domains of primate communication has resulted in major discrepancies in the definition and …

An unresolved issue in comparative approaches to speech evolution is the apparent
absence of an intermediate vocal communication system between human speech and the …

Humans are unique in their sophisticated culture and societal structures, their complex
languages, and their extensive tool use. According to the human self-domestication …

Humans and great apes are highly social species, and encounter conspecifics throughout
their daily lives. During social interactions, they exchange information about their emotional …

The view put forward here is that visual bodily signals play a core role in human
communication and the coordination of minds. Critically, this role goes far beyond referential …

Highlights•We review the meaning of communicative signals in monkeys and apes.•Signals
are adaptive because they convey information, thereby reducing uncertainty.•Meaning …

Investigating in depth the mechanisms underlying human and non‐human primate
intentional communication systems (involving gestures, vocalisations, facial expressions …

We describe the individual and combined use of vocalizations and gestures in wild
chimpanzees. The rate of gesturing peaked in infancy and, with the exception of the alpha …

Face-to-face communication is multimodal at its core: it consists of a combination of vocal
and visual signalling. However, current evidence suggests that, in the absence of an …

Studies testing linguistic laws outside language have provided important insights into the
organization of biological systems. For example, patterns consistent with Zipf's law of …