[lg policy] Teaching A Chimp To Speak In 'Project Nim'

[Harold Schiffman]

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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."



Listen to full story:

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





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