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Dr Bert Vaux
Saturday 25 October 2014, 15:30-16:30
Animal communication and the evolution of human language
- đ¤ Speaker: Dr Bert Vaux
- đ Date & Time: Saturday 25 October 2014, 15:30 - 16:30
- đ Venue: Law, Faculty of, LG19, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ
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Cambridge Festival of Ideas
Abstract
Did human language develop from an animal communication system, or something else? And if language did evolve from an animal communication system, how and why did this happen? We approach this question by comparing a range of key communicative abilities (or lack thereof) in chimpanzees, gorillas, parrots, cotton top tamarins, chinchillas, budgies, dogs, bees, lemurs, seals, dolphins, and elephants to their analogs in humans. the event is free but booking in advance is required.
See more at: www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/events/animal-communication-and-evolution-human-language#sthash.
Series This talk is part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2014 series.
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