From pointing to animated arm movements and nodding, people regularly employ gestures to accompany and create language. Now, it's been suggested that humans can also understand sign language used by ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A male chimpanzee may beg for food from another chimpanzee by gesturing with an extended arm and open hand. Under different circumstances, the same chimpanzee may use the same ...

Spoken language was thought of as a hallmarking characteristic of being human. There is a difference here between language and communication—we know that many other species communicate but we also ...