Communication

Bridget Waller

Bridget Waller

University of Portsmouth, UK

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Jérôme Micheletta

Jérôme Micheletta

University of Portsmouth, UK

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First published: 04 October 2018
Based in part on Waller, B., and Micheletta, J. (2017). Communication. In Fuentes, A. (ed.) The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., with permission.

Abstract

Communication is a crucial part of the life of primates. Primates communicate using various senses (sight, sound, touch, and smell) in order to negotiate their rich and complex social lives. Studying primate communication is important to help us understand how such complex communication arose in humans, and also to identify the key social and ecological pressures that have shaped the behavior of primates.

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