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Barbara J. KING

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Illustrations ix
1 Social Communication as Dance 1
2 Gesture and Dynamic Systems Theory 42
3 Gesture in Captive African Great Apes 84
4 Gesture in Wild African Great Apes 136
5 The Evolution of Gesture 177
6 Imagined Futures 220
Notes 241
Bibliography 255
Acknowledgments 271
Index 273

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Illustrations ix
1 Social Communication as Dance 1
2 Gesture and Dynamic Systems Theory 42
3 Gesture in Captive African Great Apes 84
4 Gesture in Wild African Great Apes 136
5 The Evolution of Gesture 177
6 Imagined Futures 220
Notes 241
Bibliography 255
Acknowledgments 271
Index 273

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