User:Jblight/Human–animal communication

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The articles referenced helped to showcase some of the most common communication patterns that exist between humans and animals. The article itself discusses some of the communication between dogs, primates, and birds specifically. Birds in particular have at least six calls that help to show if they are in danger or in need of help. Dogs have been utilized to show the ability to communicate between animals and humans. While primates have been known to create 32 different sounds that humans are able to understand.

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There are many evolving and unique ways that we as humans interact with animals. Our evolution from using animals for sport has evolved into many of them seen as common house pets. Our attitudes towards animals has changed dramatically and that speaks to our change as humanity.

Human language differs greatly from animal communication in the sense that everything in context-dependent. There have been multiple claims and eventual studies conducted to help highlight the difference in animal communication and human communication being heavily reliant on context. The communication systems of other animals help to showcase many of the differences that exist. The term `indexicality' has been utilized to indicate the characteristic way of using the context in human language. Opposed to the more general term of context-dependence and the relating situation in animal communication systems. .

Our communication with animals has been around for centuries and exists all across the world. Indigenous people have relied on their communication skills to speak and coexist with birds, grazers, and hunters. They have been able to share the land with these animals and eventually adopt animals such as dogs and cats. However, there has always been a stigma surrounding the intelligence of animal communication compared to that of human. That belief however has begun to shift. We have begun to understand animal communication on a far deeper level as technology has allowed for the conversion of our experiences throughout time to coexist with the findings of today. Communicating with animals will continue to grow and evolve. It has been around since the test of time and has the potential to grow exponentially more.