Revisiting Darwin's comparisons between human and non-human primate facial signals
Darwin and other pioneering scholars made comparisons between human facial signals and those of non-human primates, suggesting that they share evolutionary history. We now have tools available (the Facial Action Coding System) to make these comparisons anatomically based and standardised, as well as...
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| author | Eithne Kavanagh Clare Kimock Jamie Whitehouse Jerome Micheletta Bridget M. Waller |
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| description | Darwin and other pioneering scholars made comparisons between human facial signals and those of non-human primates, suggesting that they share evolutionary history. We now have tools available (the Facial Action Coding System) to make these comparisons anatomically based and standardised, as well as analytical methods to facilitate comparative studies. Here we review the evidence establishing a shared anatomical basis between the facial behaviour of human and non-human primate species, concluding which signals are probably related, and which are not. We then review the evidence for shared function and discuss the implications for understanding human communication. Where differences between humans and other species exist, we explore possible explanations and future directions for enquiry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7dcc5eb5193242e9982636807853ab032023-03-09T12:32:20ZengCambridge University PressEvolutionary Human Sciences2513-843X2022-01-01410.1017/ehs.2022.26Revisiting Darwin's comparisons between human and non-human primate facial signalsEithne Kavanagh0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7202-005XClare Kimock1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9560-7427Jamie Whitehouse2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2607-5492Jerome Micheletta3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4480-6781Bridget M. Waller4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6303-7458Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKDepartment of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKDepartment of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKDepartment of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UKDepartment of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKDarwin and other pioneering scholars made comparisons between human facial signals and those of non-human primates, suggesting that they share evolutionary history. We now have tools available (the Facial Action Coding System) to make these comparisons anatomically based and standardised, as well as analytical methods to facilitate comparative studies. Here we review the evidence establishing a shared anatomical basis between the facial behaviour of human and non-human primate species, concluding which signals are probably related, and which are not. We then review the evidence for shared function and discuss the implications for understanding human communication. Where differences between humans and other species exist, we explore possible explanations and future directions for enquiry.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X22000263/type/journal_articlefacial expressioncommunicationprimatesFACSevolution |
| spellingShingle | Eithne Kavanagh Clare Kimock Jamie Whitehouse Jerome Micheletta Bridget M. Waller Revisiting Darwin's comparisons between human and non-human primate facial signals Evolutionary Human Sciences facial expression communication primates FACS evolution |
| title | Revisiting Darwin's comparisons between human and non-human primate facial signals |
| title_full | Revisiting Darwin's comparisons between human and non-human primate facial signals |
| title_fullStr | Revisiting Darwin's comparisons between human and non-human primate facial signals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting Darwin's comparisons between human and non-human primate facial signals |
| title_short | Revisiting Darwin's comparisons between human and non-human primate facial signals |
| title_sort | revisiting darwin s comparisons between human and non human primate facial signals |
| topic | facial expression communication primates FACS evolution |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X22000263/type/journal_article |
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