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Chemical signals that affect the behavior of others, including reproductive and social behaviors.

Enables the preservation and transmission of knowledge across generations and distances.

Can be a form of storytelling or signaling, crucial in mating rituals among certain species.

Allowed for complex thought, cultural evolution, and advancement of technologies.

Enhance verbal communication and can be symbolic or indicative of cultural norms.

Convey emotional states and intentions, playing a key role in nonverbal communication.

Essential for social coordination and bonding, as well as warning or attracting mates.

Serve mate attraction, territorial defense, and signaling environmental cues.

Communicates attitudes and feelings, enhancing verbal communication with physical cues.

Used by many species to communicate danger, reproductive readiness, or to disguise themselves.

Serves as a form of communication to establish social hierarchies and learn survival skills.

Crucial for social insects to direct others to resources or convey the status of the colony.

Revolutionized the speed and the scale at which humans can share information and ideas.

Used by cetaceans to communicate across vast ocean distances, possibly for mating and navigation.

Used by many species to warn conspecifics of potential danger and protect the community.

Relays information through touch, fostering personal connections and conveying emotion.

Objects created by humans that communicate social and historical information.