02812nam 2200697Ia 450 991044977380332120200520144314.01-280-45324-997866104532450-19-802697-81-4237-4131-5(CKB)1000000000028834(EBL)241371(OCoLC)630528954(SSID)ssj0000104436(PQKBManifestationID)11122181(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000104436(PQKBWorkID)10079458(PQKB)10277594(MiAaPQ)EBC241371(Au-PeEL)EBL241371(CaPaEBR)ebr10085439(CaONFJC)MIL45324(EXLCZ)99100000000002883419980223d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrApes, language, and the human mind[electronic resource] /Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Stuart G. Shanker, Talbot J. TaylorNew York Oxford University Press19981 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-514712-X 0-19-510986-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.Contents; 1 Bringing up Kanzi; 2 Philosophical Preconceptions; 3 Rhetorical Inclinations; 4 Beyond Speciesism; Notes; References; IndexCurrent primate research has yielded stunning results that not only threaten our underlying assumptions about the cognitive and communicative abilities of nonhuman primates, but also bring into question what it means to be human. At the forefront of this research, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh recently has achieved a scientific breakthrough of impressive proportions. Her work with Kanzi, a laboratory-reared bonobo, has led to Kanzi's acquisition of linguistic and cognitive skills similar to those of a two and a half year-old human child. Apes, Language, and the Human Mind skillfully combines a fascinatiBonoboPsychologyKanzi (Bonobo)Human-animal communicationLanguage acquisitionNeurolinguisticsElectronic books.BonoboPsychology.Kanzi (Bonobo)Human-animal communication.Language acquisition.Neurolinguistics.599.885159/4Savage-Rumbaugh E. Sue1946-945539Shanker Stuart249597Taylor Talbot J165582MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449773803321Apes, language, and the human mind2134841UNINA