This week, we learned about the awesome ways that animals communicate. I learned about so many weird and wonderful animals this week that I can’t even begin to tell you them all! But here’s a recap of some of the most essential points…
1. Animals communicate by visual, auditory, olfactory, electric, touch, seismic, thermal, and autocommunicative ways.
2. Some ways that animals communicate cannot be detected by humans without special equipment.
3. Humans have worked for decades to be able to teach certain animals human language and have conversations with them, which has yielded much fascinating information, however, it seems that so far, the conversational ability of the animals involved couldn’t exceed that of a young human child.
4. Scientists tell us that a mutation in the FOXP2 gene, the so-called “language gene”, partially allowed for the development of much more sophisticated and complex language abilities in anatomically modern humans.
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Animal Language Week – The Tailfeather
