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13. Read the recently published book "Becoming Chimpanzee".

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 01:29 PM

Apr 2012

The "apes learning languages" thing has been way over-hyped. They can learn vocabulary by rote, but syntax is beyond them.

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Baboons recognise words on a screen [View all] xchrom Apr 2012 OP

simple pattern recognition... ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2012 #1

Yup, nothing to do with "understanding language". Odin2005 Apr 2012 #8

Cool Kalidurga Apr 2012 #2

Unauthorized human experimentation... xocet Apr 2012 #5

Not easily at all tama Apr 2012 #10

They've been posting to Freeperville for years now jberryhill Apr 2012 #6

... Fumesucker Apr 2012 #7

Animals can be trained via Skinnerian conditioning? Who knew??? Odin2005 Apr 2012 #9

They're demonstrating more sophisticated recognition... Silent3 Apr 2012 #12

Read the recently published book "Becoming Chimpanzee". Odin2005 Apr 2012 #13

Are you sure of that title? Silent3 Apr 2012 #15

Oops, it's "Almost Chimpanzee", brain fart! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #16

Great. Now we have baboons who can swear. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #17