New York Times covers new study by Wegdell, Fryns, Schick et al. on infant-directed communication
In a recent New York Times interview, Franziska Wegdell, Caroline Fryns, Johanna Schick and Simon Townsend discussed their new study on the evolutionary roots of infant-directed communication. The research compared vocal interactions in human and nonhuman great ape infants, revealing that human infants receive significantly more infant-directed communication. The team explained how this distinct mode of communication may have played a role in the emergence of human language and its implications for understanding communication of wild nonhuman great apes.