Primatologists Record a New Series of Owl Monkey Vocalizations in the Wild.After

question 8

Multiple Choice

Primatologists record a new series of owl monkey vocalizations in the wild.After rigorous analysis and playback experiments they determine that the sounds could not be argued to represent a language because they are random, unrelated, and elicit no response from other individuals.The primatologists determine this because they know that language is

• A)a set of symbols that refer to things other than themselves.
• B)used by wild chimpanzees to transfer knowledge between individuals and generations.
• C)representative of all forms of primate communication.
• D)all of the above.

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