Chimpanzees, bonobos use gestures that have the same meaning

Want to say “hello,”
but don’t know the local language?
Try waving your hand.
Such gestures, common among humans,
are also surprisingly similar among chimpanzees and
bonobos, our closest great ape relatives.
Now, a new study has identified numerous gestures
that mean the same thing to chimps and bonobos.
Here are a few examples
This new research suggests that
these signals have biological underpinnings
and could be inherited from our last common ancestor.
Next up for this research team:
is to look at if humans
are good at interpreting these gestures.
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Chimpanzees, bonobos use gestures that have the same meaning

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