Kershenbaum and colleagues believe that studying the sounds of other intelligent species that
use vocal communication for cooperative behaviour — such as wolves and dolphins — may provide clues to the earliest evolution of our own use of language.
Limited research suggests that baby sign language might give a typically developing child a way to communicate several months earlier than those who only
use vocal communication.
Not exact matches
Notice here that we do not
use the words «spoken» and «heard,» because studies in
communication have shown how much depends not only on explicit verbal content, but on appearance, gesture, and facial expressiveness as well as
vocal tone and inflection, and how all of these are interpreted through the ethos of a particular congregation.
But now new research published in Nature
Communications reveals that humans and birds
use the exact same physical mechanism to make their
vocal cords move and thus produce sound.
We are
using cutting - edge molecular techniques to identify genes that are important for
vocal communication in non-human mammals such as bats.
Exploring the theme of
communication, Auel assumes that the Neanderthals lack the full
vocal development of modern humans and has the clan
using a mixture of gestures and body language to supplement their small vocabulary.
Howling is one of many forms of
vocal communication used by dogs.