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Early social experience and the development of communicative abilities in bonobos


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Elisa DEMURU

Scientific framework and objectives

This research project aims at exploring the long term effects of early social experience on the ontogeny of social and communicative abilities in the bonobo (Pan paniscus), one of the two extant species most closely related to humans. To reach this purpose, social play sessions of group-living bonobos with different rearing backgrounds (i.e., mother-reared or orphaned subjects) will be video- and audio-recorded to describe in detail the general features of play and the communicative signals used to manage a playful interaction. All data will be analysed and discussed through a developmental and comparative approach to shed light on the little-known process of the acquisition of socio-emotional and communicative competence.


  Financial support
  • Contrat Postdoctoral ASLAN
    Early social experience and the development of communicative abilities in bonobos
    Labex ASLAN - Université de Lyon
    2017-2019

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