Chimps Direct Food Calls at Individuals
Chimps don’t just grunt out “FOOD” they direct those grunts at specific friends. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347213003813 Chimpanzee food calls are directed at specific individuals If primates were capable of vocalizing to inform a receiver about an external entity, it would represent an important element of continuity with human language. We tested experimentally whether…