The development of communication in alarm contexts in wild chimpanzees.

ABSTRACT:

Abstract

Animals have evolved a range of communicative behaviours in the presence of danger. Although the mechanisms and functions of some of these behaviours have been relatively well researched, comparatively little is known about their ontogeny, including how animals learn to inform social partners about impending danger. In adult chimpanzees, behaviours in response to dangers involve several channels, particularly alarm calls and simultaneous gaze alternations with nearby recipients. Gaze alternations may allow inexperienced individuals to learn from more experienced ones by assessing their reactions to unfamiliar objects or events, but they may also provide the basis for more advanced social referencing. Here, we were interested in the development of these two common behaviour

SUBMITTER: Dezecache G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6612320 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature