Nonadjacent Dependencies and Syntactic Structure of Chimpanzee Action During a Natural Tool-Use Task
Elliot Howard-Spink, Misato Hayashi, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Daniel P. Schofield, Thibaud Gruber, Dora Biro
This study examines nonadjacent dependencies in chimpanzee tool-use sequences, finding evidence of hierarchical structuring similar to human language.
PeerJ · Dec 5, 2024Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition