Kanzi: The Ape at the Brink of the Human MindThe remarkable story of a "talking" chimp, a leading scientist, and the profound insights they have uncovered about our species He has been featured in cover stories in Time, Newsweek, and National Geographic, and has been the subject of a "NOVA" documentary. He is directly responsible for discoveries that have forced the scientific community to recast its thinking about the nature of the mind and the origins of language. He is Kanzi, an extraordinary bonobo chimpanzee who has overturned the idea that symbolic language is unique to our species. This is the moving story of how Kanzi learned to converse with humans and the profound lessons he has taught us about our animal cousins, and ourselves. ". . . The underlying thesis is informative and well argued . . . Savage-Rumbaugh's results are impressive." — The Washington Post "This popular, absorbing, and controversial account is recommended." — Library Journal |
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... gestures to indicate what was required . These gestures were of three types . First , an individual might place his or her hand on the partner's body , and move it in some deliberate way . This kind of positioning movement is probably ...
... gesture of one individual and the subsequent movement of the partner , indicating a truly abstract communication system . Hand gestures might seem simple , but in fact they demand a high degree of cognitive sophistication . They require ...
... gesturing . He began to gesture at about twelve months of age and continued to use gestures intermingled with lexigrams after he began mas- tering the formal symbols . Bonobos do not typically direct others by such gestures in the wild ...
Contents
On a Beach in Portugal | 1 |
The Meaning of Words | 33 |
Talking to Each Other | 59 |
Copyright | |
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