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What can we learn from the controversial history of ape language research? ↓↓ Links & Info ↓↓ SUBMIT A QUESTION HERE: http://www.npr.org/skunkbear SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/2dH6fpR TUMBLR: http://skunkbear.tumblr.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NPRskunkbear Contribute to a really cool experiment - see if you can interpret chimpanzee gestures!: http://www.greatapedictionary.com Here's a good overview of the ethical and scientific questions around Kanzi and Koko: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/08/koko_kanzi_and_ape_language_research_criticism_of_working_conditions_and.html Here's Herbert Terrace's famouse Science paper: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/primatecognitionlab/References/cananapecreateasentence.pdf The contentious back and forth between Terrace and Penny Patterson http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1980/10/09/gorilla-talk/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1980/12/04/more-on-monkey-talk-1/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1981/04/02/more-on-ape-talk/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2326-1951.1982.tb02120.x/abstract One of Terrace's students takes on Patterson's claims: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0093934X79900476 A blistering assessment of Terrace's work from moral philosopher Peter Singer: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2011/10/13/troubled-life-nim-chimpsky/ Evidence that bonobos have mental representations of words: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-007-0086-3 Credits: Produced by Ryan Kellman and Adam Cole (@cadamole) Consultant: Barbara J. King Senior Editors: Alison Richards and Andrea Kissack Supervising Editor: Anne Gudenkauf Canine Liaison: Madeline Kelly Sofia Copyright © 2017 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use for further information. https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179876898/terms-of-use For permission to reuse this video, visit our permissions pages at npr.org https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179881519/rights-and-permissions-information Music: "The Mountain" - Podington Bear (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Rhythm_and_Strings/TheMountain) "The Elusive Word" - Blue Dot Sessions (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/K2/The_Elusive_Word_1368) "Glorious Day" - Gary Crockett, Jay Glover, Dominic Glover "Every Second Matters" - Elliott Harms "Discoveries" - Elliott Harms "Louisiana Roll" - Walsh SFX from amazing Freesound.org users: nemodaedalus plivesey rivernile7 johannesschimdt