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Connecting primate gesture to the evolutionary roots of language: A systematic review

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dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Evelina Daniela
dc.contributor.authorSantos, António J.
dc.contributor.authorVeppo, Flávia
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Joana
dc.contributor.authorHobaiter, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-03T20:54:35Z
dc.date.available2021-11-03T20:54:35Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractComparative psychology provides important contributions to our understanding of the origins of human language. The presence of common features in human and nonhuman primate communication can be used to suggest the evolutionary trajectories of potential precursors to language. However, to do so effectively, our findings must be comparable across diverse species. This systematic review describes the current landscape of data available from studies of gestural communication in human and nonhuman primates that make an explicit connection to language evolution. We found a similar number of studies on human and nonhuman primates, but that very few studies included data from more than one species. As a result, evolutionary inferences remain restricted to comparison across studies. We identify areas of focus, bias, and apparent gaps within the field. Different domains have been studied in human and nonhuman primates, with relatively few nonhuman primate studies of ontogeny and relatively few human studies of gesture form. Diversity in focus, methods, and socio‐ecological context fill important gaps and provide nuanced understanding, but only where the source of any difference between studies is transparent. Many studies provide some definition for their use of gesture; but definitions of gesture, and in particular, criteria for intentional use, are absent in the majority of human studies. We find systematic differences between human and nonhuman primate studies in the research scope, incorporation of other modalities, research setting, and study design. We highlight eight particular areas in a call to action through which we can strengthen our ability to investigate gestural communication's contribution within the evolutionary roots of human language.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCTpt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationRodrigues, E. D., Santos, A. J., Veppo, F., Pereira, J., & Hobaiter, C. (2021). Connecting primate gesture to the evolutionary roots of language: A systematic review. American Journal of Primatology, 83(9), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23313pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ajp.23313pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn02752565
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/8341
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Inc.pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectDomainspt_PT
dc.subjectGesturespt_PT
dc.subjectHumanspt_PT
dc.subjectLanguage evolutionpt_PT
dc.subjectHumanspt_PT
dc.subjectNonhuman primatespt_PT
dc.titleConnecting primate gesture to the evolutionary roots of language: A systematic reviewpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue9pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleAmerican Journal of Primatologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume83pt_PT
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