使用呼叫组合的跨种群变化:证据表明野生博的信号使用灵活性
Isaac Schamberg1,2,3,4, Martin Surbeck5,6, Simon W Townsend7,8,9
1Dept. of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. isaac.schamberg@uzh.ch.
Animal cognition
|August 30, 2024
概括
博诺博在他们的通信中表现出信号调整的可选性. 种群之间高口哨呼叫组合的这种变化表明非人类灵长类动物语言任意性的关键组成部分.
科学领域:
- 灵长类动物的沟通方式
- 语言的演变语言的演变.
- 动物行为 动物行为
背景情况:
- 表示者和被表示者之间的任意关系对于语言演变至关重要.
- 对非人类通信系统的比较研究对于理解这种随意性的族系是必不可少的.
- 蝶 (Pan paniscus) 为研究语言特征的起源提供了一个有价值的模型.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究两个野生博诺博群体中高口哨呼叫组合 (W+HH) 的生产和使用.
- 检查这些群体之间信号形式和功能的潜在变化.
- 探索信号调整可选性的证据,作为博通信中任意性的组成部分.
主要方法:
- 在两个不同的群体 (Lui Kotale和Kokolopori,刚果民主共和国) 实地研究野生红猩猩.
- 记录和分析高口哨呼叫组合 (W+HH).
- 系统地比较两种人口之间的呼叫生产和使用环境.
主要成果:
- 在Lui Kotale和Kokolopori种群之间,在波诺博产生的哨声高呼叫组合 (W+HH) 的环境中观察到显著的系统变异.
- 观察到的差异表明,红猩猩根据上下文调整他们的发音.
- 呼叫使用的这种特定人口变化提供了信号调整可选性的证据.
结论:
- 这些发现表明,红猩猩中高口哨呼叫产生的变化代表了信号调整可选性的例子.
- 这种选择性是任意性的关键组成部分,是语言的基本特征.
- 研究波诺波沟通提供了关于语言任意性的进化起源的见解.
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