Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
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Emily Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is an American psychologist and primatologist most known for her work with two bonobos, Kanzi and Panbanisha, investigating their linguistic and cognitive abilities using lex
Savage-Rumbaugh at the 2011 Time 100 gala
Bonobos Kanzi and Panbanisha with Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
Kanzi
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Kanzi was a male bonobo who was the subject of numerous studies on great ape language and cognition. According to Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a primatologist who has studied the bonobo since the 1990s, Kanzi
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
…Emily Sue Savage-Rumbaugh (born August 16, 1946) is an American psychologist and primatologist most known for her work with two bonobos, Kanzi and Panbanisha, investigating their linguistic and cognitive abilities using lexigrams and computer-based keyboards. Originally based at Georgia State…
Kanzi near his lexigram in 2006
Savage-Rumbaugh (L), Kanzi (R), and his sister Panbanisha (C) working at the portable "keyboard"
Kanzi converses with Sue Savage-Rumbaugh in 2006 using a portable "keyboard" of arbitrary symbols that Kanzi associates with words.
Kanzi during a species-standard vocalization.