Great ape language
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Great ape language research historically involved attempts to teach chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans to communicate using imitative human speech, sign language, physical tokens and computerized l
Facial expressions can be used to convey a message.
Nim Chimpsky in 1999
Kanzi learned hundreds of arbitrary symbols representing words, objects, and familiar people (including the generic "Visitor").
Washoe (chimpanzee)
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Washoe was a female common chimpanzee who was the first non-human to learn to communicate using signs adapted from American Sign Language as part of an animal research experiment on animal language ac
Great ape language
…20th century. But the Gardners were the first to conduct formal research into the matter. The Gardners secured a 10-month-old chimpanzee they named Washoe in June 1966. Up to age 5, Washoe lived in a trailer in the backyard of the Gardner's home in Reno, Nevada. The Gardners hired graduate students to…
Washoe chimpanzee
Roger Fouts delivering Washoe's eulogy