[NetBehaviour] The Real Story on Chimpanzees and Sign Language.
marc garrett
marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
Wed Sep 5 23:59:55 CEST 2007
The Real Story on Chimpanzees and Sign Language.
Much needed real information on language ability in primates is
contained in 'Chimpanzees’ Use of Sign Language' (Fouts and Fouts). It
shows that signing language is passed from adult to infant chimp without
human intervention, that it is used for more than to beg for food, that
it is used to 'talk' about things not present, that it is used in
private, that it is used between the chimps themselves.
more...
http://socialfiction.org/?n=884
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