title: Language evolution: what do chimpanzees have to say?
abstract: Although unique in important ways, language shares some properties with other animal communication systems. Comparative analyses of nonhuman primate vocalizations can shed light on the evolution of language's special features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Adam Clark
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Arcadi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D007802:Language; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000502:physiology*; D012660:Semantics; D013045:Species Specificity; D014828:Vocalization, Animal / Q000502:physiology*