Teaching A Chimp To Speak In 'Project Nim'

[Francis Hult]

NPR

 

Teaching A Chimp To Speak In 'Project Nim'

 

Are humans the only animals capable of using language? A controversial scientific experiment in the 1970s attempted to answer that question. A new documentary looks at the scientists behind that experiment, who raised a chimp as a human and tried to teach him sign language. Jenny Lee and Bob Ingersoll, both interviewed in the film, and Science Magazine's Jon Cohen discuss the ethics of "Project Nim."

 

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http://www.npr.org/2011/07/29/138822963/teaching-a-chimp-to-speak-in-project-nim

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