Not Growling but Smiling: New Interpretations of the Bared‐Teeth Motif in the Pre‐Columbian Caribbean

Samson, Alice; Waller, Bridget M.

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“…In particular, the bared-teeth display (BT; for description see Table 1) expresses submission in macaques of Grade 1 (de Waal & Luttrell, 1985; Maestripieri, 1996; Preuschoft, 1995a), whereas in grade-4 species it no longer communicates social status. BT display conveys, instead, a message of peaceful intentions and serves to initiate affiliative interactions (Petit & Thierry, 1992; Preuschoft, 1995b; Samson & Waller, 2010; Thierry, Demaria, Preuschoft, & Desportes, 1989). Moreover, BT display can be combined together with other facial expressions such as lip smacking (LS), in order to produce multicomponent communicative signals which are more effective in inducing a positive response in the receiver (Micheletta et al, 2013).…”

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Mimic me while playing! Social tolerance and rapid facial mimicry in macaques (Macaca tonkeana and Macaca fuscata).

Scopa

Palagi

2016

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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Social play and tolerance are positively correlated and playful signals are more freely expressed in egalitarian than in despotic species. Macaque species are organized along a continuum from intolerant to tolerant social systems and, for this reason, they are good models to test some hypotheses about the possible linkage between communication and tolerance. We compared facial playful communication in 2 macaque species at opposite ends of the continuum: despotic Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata, and tolerant Tonkean macaques, Macaca tonkeana. We predicted that tolerance has favored larger facial display repertoires and playful cooperative tendency. Moreover, we evaluated if tolerance could also reflect in the selection for emotional sharing expressed through rapid facial mimicry (RFM). RFM is an automatic, unconscious, and fast (<1 s) motor mirror response which favors emotional communication between subjects. Although M. fuscata and M. tonkeana performed play faces (PF) at comparable levels, only Tonkean macaques showed the phenomenon of RFM. The playful sessions characterized by RFM lasted longer than those characterized by the presence of playful signals perceived by a playmate but not followed by mimicry. Interestingly, the duration of playful sessions in Tonkean macaques overcame that of the sessions in Japanese macaques. It is likely that RFM improves communicative exchanges between the playmates and, at the same time, promotes behavioral coordination and cooperation in the sequence of actions. The tolerant nature of Tonkean macaques, also expressed in play, can foster RFM which, at the same time, positively enhances the propensity to cooperate in a sort of positive feedback. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Mimic me while playing! Social tolerance and rapid facial mimicry in macaques (Macaca tonkeana and Macaca fuscata).

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Palagi

2016

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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“…Moreover, the FACS method is particularly well suited to comparative studies (cross-cultural and cross-species) as it is provides clear descriptions for the identification of each AU, listing various appearance changes (movement of facial landmarks, changes to the shape of facial features) that can be directly compared. FACS has even been used to try and describe the facial movements depicted on archaeological material culture (Samson and Waller, 2010). In sum, FACS has become the most widely used coding system in facial behaviour research, and requires training and certification to be used.…”

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Measuring the evolution of facial ‘expression’ using multi-species FACS

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Julle-Danière

Micheletta

2020

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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“…Representations of the bared teeth face in visual art may then have positive or negative connotations. In a novel take on the analysis of Caribbean material culture, Samson and Waller (2010), for example, reinterpreted the bared teeth motif often portrayed in Taíno artworks as benign and appeasing (i.e., smile) instead of menacing, based on the function of the bared teeth face in non-human primates. It is possible, though, that this motif may indeed portray a smile, but in mocking attitude, as is common in apotropaic representations like the ones discussed in the previous section (Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1988).…”

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“…Visual art could, in this case, aid in understanding the cultural interpretation of expressions, and how it changed over time. As demonstrated by Samson and Waller (2010), emotion psychology can inform interpretations of art, but conversely, art can provide new ways of approaching the study of emotion across cultures.…”

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Reply to Crivelli et al.: The different faces of fear and threat. Evolutionary and cultural insights

Kret

Straffon

2018

Journal of Human Evolution

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Not Growling but Smiling: New Interpretations of the Bared‐Teeth Motif in the Pre‐Columbian Caribbean

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Mimic me while playing! Social tolerance and rapid facial mimicry in macaques (Macaca tonkeana and Macaca fuscata).

Mimic me while playing! Social tolerance and rapid facial mimicry in macaques (Macaca tonkeana and Macaca fuscata).

Measuring the evolution of facial ‘expression’ using multi-species FACS

Reply to Crivelli et al.: The different faces of fear and threat. Evolutionary and cultural insights

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