which can be as simple as a TikTok video or meme or a trinket you saw while you were walking around. It isn’t a grand gesture, but simply a sign of affection and showing without explicitly ...

Many gestures can be considered annoying or even offensive. A new study by Preply, a language learning platform, broke down body language icks. Here’s what they are so you can avoid them.

Now researchers are using these gestures to peer into the minds of apes. Some even think they offer clues about how our own species evolved full-blown language. “Certainly, gestures played a big ...

Humans are known to invent private hand gestures. Chimps in the wild do, too, a new study suggests. By Brandon Keim Parents and their children, or people who know each other well, often share some ...

At the same time, chimpanzee communication almost certainly does differ in important ways from human language. Only a small percentage of chimp gestures featured this rapid back-and-forth (14% ...

Here's what happened: LSU forward Angel Reese celebrated the Tigers' fourth-quarter lead (and imminent victory) by waving one hand in front of her face — a gesture ... bigger meme in the years ...