The study of gestural communication in great apes has provided a rich insight into the evolutionary roots of human language. Apes typically employ an extensive repertoire of innate gestures that are ...

Great apes track events with their eyes in the same way that humans do, according to a new study. Great apes track events with their eyes in the same way that humans do, according to a study published ...

You see a cat chasing a mouse. You probably don’t realize it, but as soon as you catch sight of this scene unfolding, your brain makes a key distinction between the cat and the mouse: It identifies ...

A chimpanzee watching a video of an agent (left) brushing the hair of a patient (right). Red circles indicate her gaze fixations, and red lines indicate attentional switching between agent and patient ...