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SUMMARY:Jared Taglialatela (Kennesaw State University) - What Bonobos and Chimpa
nzees Are Teaching Us About the Origin of Language
DESCRIPTION:What Bonobos and Chimpanzees Are Teaching Us \;About the
Origin of Language\n\n \;\n\nHuman language is unique within the an
imal kingdom. However\, the study of communicative behavior in extant no
nhuman primates - particularly great apes - is critical for understandin
g the evolutionary origins of this uniqueness. Specifically\, to determi
ne why and how such a sophisticated communication system has evolved in
humans\, one must distinguish those characteristics that are derived in
the human lineage and those that are ancestral. However\, human language
does not leave direct indelible marks in the fossil record. Therefore\,
to decipher the evolutionary origins of human language\, one must ident
ify similarities\, as well as differences\, between the communicative be
havior of humans and their closest phylogenetic relatives\, chimpanzees
and bonobos. \;In this talk\, I will review a number of studies fro
m my lab that collectively support the broad hypotheses that 1) the most
-recent common ancestor of humans\, chimpanzees\, and bonobos possessed
critical pre-requisites for language\, and 2) over the course of hominin
evolution\, increasing group size may have driven the emergence of incr
easingly complex communication systems eventually culminating in human l
anguage.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/jared-tagl
ialatela-kennesaw-state-university-what-bonobos-and-chimpanzees-are-teac
hing-us-about-the-origin-of-language/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:What Bonobos and Chimpanzees Are Teaching Us&nb
sp;About the Origin of Language
Human language is un
ique within the animal kingdom. However, the study of communicative beha
vior in extant nonhuman primates - particularly great apes - is critical
for understanding the evolutionary origins of this uniqueness. Specific
ally, to determine why and how such a sophisticated communication system
has evolved in humans, one must distinguish those characteristics that
are derived in the human lineage and those that are ancestral. However,
human language does not leave direct indelible marks in the fossil recor
d. Therefore, to decipher the evolutionary origins of human language, on
e must identify similarities, as well as differences, between the commun
icative behavior of humans and their closest phylogenetic relatives, chi
mpanzees and bonobos. In this talk, I will review a number of stud
ies from my lab that collectively support the broad hypotheses that 1) t
he most-recent common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees, and bonobos posse
ssed critical pre-requisites for language, and 2) over the course of hom
inin evolution, increasing group size may have driven the emergence of i
ncreasingly complex communication systems eventually culminating in huma
n language.
For more details: https://events.la.
psu.edu/event/jared-taglialatela-kennesaw-state-university-what-bonobos-
and-chimpanzees-are-teaching-us-about-the-origin-of-language/
LOCATION:127 Moore Building
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