Chimpanzee sign language and Darwinian continuity: Evidence for a neurological continuity for language
Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
The current article addresses the empirical validity of the Cartesian view of language by first examining a sample of the results generated by over 30 years of chimpanzee sign language studies and then examining some neurological and behavioral data that accounts for the similarity between human and nonhuman communication systems. Finally an attempt will be made to propose a unified model of language that accounts for these findings and shows how the Cartesian world view has proposed a theory of language that is incomplete.
Recommended Citation
Fouts, R. S., & Waters, G. S. (2001). Chimpanzee sign language and Darwinian continuity: Evidence for a neurological continuity for language. Neurological Research, 23(8), 787–794. https://doi.org/10.1179/016164101101199270
Journal
Neurological Research
Rights
© 2001 Forefront Publishing Group
Comments
This article was originally published in Neurological Research. The article from the publisher can be found here.
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