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Über die Kommunikation bei nicht menschlichen Primaten und die Evolution von Sprache

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Ein Großteil aller nicht menschlichen Primaten (im Folgenden der Einfachheit halber Primaten) lebt entweder zu zweit oder in Gruppen; einige Arten sind dagegen Einzelgänger. Um Interaktionen mit Paarpartnern, anderen Gruppenmitgliedern, aber auch Nachbarn zu regulieren, wird kommuniziert. Dabei setzen nicht menschliche Primaten unterschiedlichste Signale ein. Diese reichen von olfaktorischen über visuelle zu akustischen Signalen, die unterschiedliche Funktionen haben.

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  1. Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung, Abteilung Verhaltensökologie und Soziobiologie, Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH, 37077, Göttingen

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  2. Ecole d’Humanité, 6085, Hasliberg-Goldern

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Fichtel, C., Scheiner, E., Maack, B. (2011). Über die Kommunikation bei nicht menschlichen Primaten und die Evolution von Sprache. In: Dreesmann, D.C., Graf, D., Witte, K. (eds) Evolutionsbiologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8274-2786-1_9

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