Pollick & de Waal found that the arm and hand gestures in different species of nonhuman primates were flexible in their content. That result provides evidence in favor of the hypothesis that language evolved from
A) facial signals
B) vocalizations
C) gestures
D) signs

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Pollick & de Waal's findings that arm and hand gestures in nonhuman primates are flexible in content support the hypothesis that language evolved from gestures, as this flexibility is a key characteristic of language.

Pollick & De Waal Found That the Arm and Hand