The traditional and relatively narrow-focused research on ape–human comparisons has
recently been significantly extended by investigations of different clades of animals …

Simple Summary Communication takes place between members of the same species, as
well as between heterospecific individuals, such as the long co-habitation process and inter …

Cognitive Development and Cognitive Neuroscience: The Learning Brain is a thoroughly
revised edition of the bestselling Cognitive Development. The new edition of this full-colour …

Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it
develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Sara Miller McCune founded SAGE Publishing in 1965 to
support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a global community. SAGE …

Domestication shaped wolves into dogs and transformed both their behavior and their
anatomy. Here we show that, in only 33,000 y, domestication transformed the facial muscle …

In recent years evidence has accumulated demonstrating that dogs are, to a degree, skilful
in using human forms of communication, making them stand out in the animal kingdom …

Human cognition is believed to be unique in part because of early-emerging social skills for
cooperative communication. 1 Comparative studies show that at 2.5 years old, children …

Driven by both applied and theoretical goals, scientific interest in canine cognition has
experienced a rapid surge in popularity, especially over the last 15 years. Here we provide …

We set out an account of how self-domestication plays a crucial role in the evolution of
language. In doing so, we focus on the growing body of work that treats language structure …