Chimp conversations can take on human-like chaos
To get our points across, humans use numerous gestures and shift the speed and tone of our speech. We are not the only members of the animal kingdom to do this. According to new observations from a study published July 22 in the journal Current Biology, chimpanzees may share our pattern of rapidly taking turns to speak and, sometimes, even interrupting each other. While human languages are incredibly diverse, a hallmark we all share is that our conversations are structured with fast-paced turns of just 200 milliseconds on average,” study co-author and University of St Andrews primatologist Catherine Hobaiter said in a statement. “But it was an open question whether this was uniquely human, or if other animals share this structure.” ….[READ]
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