mime Archives | Research & Innovation /research/tag/mime/ Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:00:00 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Audio: Professor Anne Russon speaks to Quirks & Quarks about how orangutans communicate using mime /research/2010/09/21/audio-professor-anne-russon-speaks-to-quirks-quarks-about-how-orangutans-communicate-using-mime-2/ Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:00:00 +0000 /researchdev/2010/09/21/audio-professor-anne-russon-speaks-to-quirks-quarks-about-how-orangutans-communicate-using-mime-2/ Anne Russon, a cognitive ecologist and professor of psychology in 91ŃÇɫ’s Glendon College, spoke about orangutans’ ability to communicate using mime, on CBC Radio’s “Quirks & Quarks” Sept. 18. You can listen to Russon's interview with host Bob McDonald on Quirks & Quarks' Website.  The interview begins at the 1:30 mark. Russon has observed 18 […]

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]]> Anne Russon, a cognitive ecologist and professor of psychology in 91ŃÇɫ’s , spoke about orangutans’ ability to communicate using mime, on CBC Radio’s “Quirks & Quarks” Sept. 18.

You can listen to Russon's interview with host Bob McDonald on .  The interview begins at the 1:30 mark.

Russon has observed 18 cases of orangutans in Borneo using mime to communicate both simple and complex messages.  In one example, an orangutan asked a researcher for help cracking open a coconut by acting out the motions required.  Another wanted to share the memory of having had a researcher remove a sliver from a foot by repeatedly miming the action.  It is thought that this form of communication among these great apes could provide a clue to the origins of human language.

Related Links, courtesy of CBC online:

  • in Biology Letters
  • Original news release from the Research Website
  • (with video of the coconut incident)

Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, with files courtesy of YFile– 91ŃÇɫ’s daily e-bulletin.

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