Jon Cohen
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Teaching A Chimp To Speak In ‘Project Nim’
A new documentary looks at a controversial 1970s experiment to teach a chimpanzee sign language.
chimp, language, brain, development, ethics
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Almost Chimpanzee
Rather than focusing on how similar humans are to chimpanzees, can more be learned by examining how we're different?
chimpanzee human genetics
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