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Why Do Apes Make Gestures? Chimps and other apes have been observed making more than 80 meaningful gestures. Three theories have tried to explain why. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The mystery is "why this gesture" and not "are they communicating"

The hypothesis that's being put forward is this:

Apes, they argue, do not inherit specific gestures, but they do inherit the sense that they can use gestures to communicate with other chimpanzees. The animals create new gestures by borrowing — or “recruiting,” in the scientists’ lingo — movements that apes commonly make.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh okay, that makes more sense. I suppose I should have read the article, but I think they should have let you write the title.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They'd probably get less engagement if I did that; headlines that confuse people cause them to comment, which in turn causes Facebook and Reddit to show content to more people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Sounds like humans. Not sure why scientists would think all apes would use the same language. Even giving a middle finger isn’t a universal gesture across our species.