Apes' use of gestures to communicate may illuminate origins of human language</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Apes' use of gestures to communicate may illuminate origins of human language"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Apes,use,of,gestures,to,communicate,may,illuminate,origins,of,human,language"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">05-03-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Apes' use of gestures to communicate may illuminate origins of human language</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_dp8NWSvfgh7aEHJe0AeS_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Pennsylvania, USA (Speech Language): Apes' use of hand and limb signals, or gestures, to communicate may help illuminate the origins of human language, new research suggests (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2007). Although all primates use their voices and facial expressions to communicate, only humans and apes have free manual gestures in their communicative repertoire. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?CC=89848 " target="blank">speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?CC=89848 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show