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Kanzi

Kanzi

Though the Lucy experiment would largely be called a failure, could there be a way to re-do it... but better? Producer Soren Wheeler visits The Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, to meet Kanzi the bonobo. Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh uses lessons learned from her time with Lucy in her current research with great apes, and Bill Fields explains the basics of bonobo-human communication, and ruminates on the differences between bonobo culture and our...

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Keywords:
chimps, apes, language, speech, sign, animal language, communication
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Material Type:
Presentation
Date Added to MERLOT:
October 26, 2011
Date Modified in MERLOT:
October 26, 2011
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Submitter:
Amanda Stead
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:
Podcast
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Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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Unknown
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