Michael Tomasello On the Surprising Origins of Communication and Cooperation
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
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The Importance of Sharing Attention
Michael Thomas-Sello is studying how human children and chimps learn to communicate. Using technology that chimps may not get to for a while, he talked through video conferencing between our studio in New York and his lab at Duke University. He says the unique aspects of human communication begin with pointing. "The point by itself doesn't have any communicative content"
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