{"id":749643,"date":"2017-12-15T19:48:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T19:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=749643"},"modified":"2017-12-15T19:48:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T19:48:28","slug":"just-like-humans-chimpanzees-warn-others-of-impending-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=749643","title":{"rendered":"Just like humans, chimpanzees warn others of impending danger"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMINA KHAN:<\/strong> \u2018Chimpanzees adjust their warning calls if they think a fellow primate hasn\u2019t picked up on a nearby threat, a new study finds. The results, published in the journal Science Advances, reveal that humans and one of their closest living relatives may share a very special ability, one that could potentially shed light on the origins of language. Humans have succeeded as a species in large part because of our complex social communication skills \u2014 and underlying those skills is the ability to understand another individual\u2019s perspective, and adjust what we say accordingly\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI was most surprised that chimps seem to care so much that the other chimp actually sees the snake,\u201d lead author Catherine Crockford, a primatologist at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, said. \u201cNot in all cases. But especially when it\u2019s kin or a friend. It\u2019s not enough that the other is out of danger, has stopped approaching or starts to avoid the snake. They wait at the snake until the other actually approaches enough to see the snake\u2026 [It] shows that there is more to animal communication than we thought, specifically that social cognition influences \u2026 vocal and nonvocal behavior\u201d.\u2019<\/em> SOURCE\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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