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Humans understanding ape gestures

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© Thomas Lersch [CC BY 2.5]

In a new study, more than 5000 untrained participants were shown ten of the most common gestures (of some 80 known in total) used by apes in twenty videos. They could understand them in more than half of the cases, way more than could be expected by chance.

related: #sign_language #ape

News seen at: BBC - Science & Environment

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