How chimps communicate with a look

[IDemo]

Facial expressions serve as complex language for apes, scientists say

Reuters - Updated: 5:18 p.m. MT March 23, 2007

CHICAGO - The arch of an eyebrow or the curve of a lip tells chimps a lot about each other, a finding that may give scientists new understanding about the evolution of human communication, researchers reported Friday.

Human faces can be easy to read, but sometimes people must look in different places on the face to get an accurate picture.

“What we know from humans is that even a single movement added to an expression can change the entire meaning,” said Lisa Parr, director of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta. “It can significantly affect the outcome of interactions.”

“There could be a whole realm of chimp communication we don’t have the capability of understanding,” she said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17762480/

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[Monkeyman]

1. The first picture is him

[Cameron27]

2. The only chimp with compassion

is the one on the far left.

[hobbit709]

5. That's also the only one with a brain

[BlueJac]

3. Which one is Bush?

[IDemo]

4. Something telling in the two pictures on the right

the Chimp is not just annoyed or upset when he feels he has lost control of a situation... he looks positively terrified. I'll bet he has worn that expression a lot during the past week. :scared: