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magmichele12 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

The traditional view of nonhuman communication has been that nonhumans, including primates,

a. are perfectly capable of conveying information about the external environment or their emotional state.
b. use symbolic communication.
c. use language in the same manner as humans.
d. can convey information about events in the past and future.
e. communicate information relating to their emotional state and consists of mostly involuntary vocalization.

Question 2

The social brain hypothesis proposes that primate brains increased in relative size and complexity because

a. of the demands of social living.
b. primates need complex brains to be familiar with their home range.
c. primates often eat food that is difficult to extract (such as underground roots).
d. males are dominant to females.
e. their language abilities are limited.