ANT102H5 Lecture : Anthro Lec Note 5&6.doc
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Overview: communication, non human primate language, the biological basis of language, the evolution of language. Communication: behaviour that affects the behaviour of others by the transmission of information, universal among animals, adaptive significance. To understand communication it involves the sending of messages (encoding) a way of acting from a distance. Reduces aggression within the group manner of ordering the universe. The ability to communicate is crucial and capacity to communicate is inherited. Unintentional communication: body posture, raised body hair, body odour, blushing. Smoke = fire, natural sign deducing the situation. Non human primates & language 1: washoe [b. & a. gardner: loulis [r. fouts, sarah [d. & a. premack, koko [f. patterson] Non human primates & language 2: lana [t. gill, kanzi [s. savage . The other side of the debate was that they can be taught language. They didn"t train him but e picked it up.
