Animal communication and the evolution of the human language
Saturday 25th October 2014
Venue: Faculty of Law
Category: Talks & Classes
Price Info: Free, pre-book
Time Info: 3:30pm-4:30pm
Did human language develop from an animal communication system, or something else? And if language did evolve from an animal communication system, how and why did this happen? We approach this question by comparing a range of key communicative abilities (or lack thereof) in chimpanzees, gorillas, parrots, cotton top tamarins, chinchillas, budgies, dogs, bees, lemurs, seals, dolphins, and elephants to their analogs in humans.
This event is taking place as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2014.
Pre-book online at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk or by calling 01223 766766. Booking opens 22 September.
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