Testing methodological and population-specific influences on the detection of Zipf's law of brevity in chimpanzee gestures
A Safryghin, G Badihi, R Ferrer-i-Cancho, C Grund, M Hayashi, A Mielke, J Mine, ED Rodrigues, A Soldati, K Zuberbühler, C Zulberti, C Hobaiter
The paper detects Zipf's law of brevity in chimpanzee gestures by testing methodological and population-specific factors across three communities.
bioRxiv · Nov 21, 2025 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition