Watch the signals great apes use to communicate 

看一看猿类用来交流的手势

 

This is how bonobos say, "give me that food". This is chimpanzee for "groom² me".

 

这是倭黑猩猩示意 “把食物给我” 的动作。这是黑猩猩示意 “给我梳毛” 的动作。

 

This male chimp¹ is feeling flirtatious³.

 

这头雄性黑猩猩在嬉戏打闹。

 

When volunteers were shown videos of apes using gestures, they were able to correctly interpret most of them.

 

当参与研究的志愿者们在观看猿类使用手势的视频时，他们能够正确地解读出大部分手势的意思。

 

Dr Kirsty Graham, St Andrews University

"Our new study demonstrates that people can understand great ape gestures. So, all of this together gives us more confidence that this was a communication system that would have been used by our last common ancestor."

 

柯斯蒂·格雷厄姆  博士      圣安德鲁斯大学

“我们的新研究表明，人们可以理解猿类的手势。因此，所有的研究结果都让我们更加坚信，这种手势是一种交流方式，人类与黑猩猩及倭黑猩猩最后的共同祖先曾用它相互沟通。”

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