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Language Research Center
Primate research center studying language acquisition through work with bonobos and chimpanzees. Features a list of publications and ape biographies.
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwlrc/
The Primatech Project
A cognitive model of Chantek, a signing orangutan, for an installation at Zoo Atlanta.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/perception/projects/primatech/
The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute
This institute at Central Washington University cares for five chimpanzees who are being taught American Sign Language.
http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/
Koko the Gorilla
The Gorilla Foundation brings interspecies communication to the public through Koko, famous for her sign language skills.
http://www.koko.org/
Language in Child and Chimp?
General commentary on ape language with transcripts of chats with apes and interviews with ape language researchers.
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~jel/apelang.html
Language in Apes: How Much Do They Know and How Much Should We Teach Them
Introductory overview of ape language research, its history and its practice.
http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~dmswitze/apelang.html
Primate Research Institute: Section of Language and Intelligence
Chimpanzee language research projects at Kyoto University. News, pictures and biographies of chimpanzee subjects as well as researchers.
http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/koudou-shinkei/shikou/index.html
Non-Human Primates and Language
This project is part of a theoretical course on Syntax and Grammatical Theories taught by Prof. Dirk Geeraerts at K.U.Leuven.
http://www.angelfire.com/sc2/nhplanguage/
The Case Against the Animal Mind
A article by Clive Wynne that argues evidence from the ape sign language studies demonstrates that our closest animal relatives do not have consciousness.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1175/6_32/56883557/print.jhtml
Primate Language
Sue and Duane Rumbaugh argue the documentation of elementary language competence in species other than humans has significant implications for the understanding of the brain. Article includes a history of ape sign language research.
http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Articles/savagerumbaugh.html
Primate Use of Language
Lauren Kosseff suggests the acquisition of some aspects of language in primates may shed light on the development of language in early humans.
http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/language.htm
Chimpanzee Communication & Language-related Areas of the Brain
A report from the National Science Foundation discussing research into chimpanzee brain physiology and areas of the brain associated with language in humans.
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/nuggets/021/nugget.htm
Talking With Chimps
An article that describes why some researchers feel that chimps may be able to learn language.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4451/TalkWithChimps.html
An Internet Chat with Koko the Gorilla
Read the transcript of the chat which took place on April 27th, 1998. This event was the first ever live inter-species Internet chat.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4451/KokoLiveChat.html
The Straight Dope: Are Gorillas Using Sign Language Really Communicating with Humans?
Cecil Adams' research column on the divided scientific opinions about apes and language.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030328.html
Are Nonhuman Species Capable of Language Acquisition?
A discussion of the value and validity of ape language research.
http://www.littletree.com.au/koko.htm
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