Great Ape Language

Research into non-human great ape language has involved teaching chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans to communicate with human beings and with each other using sign language, physical tokens, and lexigrams; see Yerkish. Some primatologists argue that the primates' use of these tools indicates their ability to use "language", although this is not consistent with some definitions of that term.

Read more about Great Ape Language:  Questions in Animal Language Research, Apes That Demonstrate Understanding, Primate Use of Sign Language, Plastic Tokens, Criticisms of Primate Language Research, Great Ape Language in Fiction

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