Michael Tomasello On the Surprising Origins of Communication and Cooperation
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
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How to Train a Chimpanzee to Respond to a Point
Chimps naturally follow gaze direction, so if they came into a room and you looked and pointed over to the side, they would see some food. And children get it at 12 months of age before they're even linguistic. The child sees the bucket and says, well, if he's directing my attention to the bucket, then he must want me to do something about it or must not be.
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