Read Kanzi: The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind Online
Authors: Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
A
Abrahamsen, Adele A.
Acheulian handaxe
Action-related utterances Akili
Ali
Almost Human
(Yerkes) American Sign Language Andrews, Roy Chapman
Animal intelligence
animal consciousness
common-sense view of
early study of
versus human uniqueness Morgan’s Canon
Animal Model Project Anthropomorphism
Ape-language research action-related utterances American Sign Language cognitive capacity of apes in comprehension by apes
comprehension of spoken English criticism of research
embedded phrases
grammar
keyboard-based projects laissez-faire learning method major goal of
multiword utterances
novel vocalizations
representation in
requests made by chimps shape-based projects
spontaneous-language acquisition syntactical structures and Theory of Mind
Washoe
word-learning
See also
specific chimpanzees by name
Apes, compared to man Argument from Personal Incredulity Artistic creations, and origins of language Audenaerde, Dirk Thys van den
Austin and Animal Model Project and contextual information in language comprehension games of pretend by
self-recognition on television by and veridicality maintenance in word acquisition
See also
Animal Model Project
;
Sherman
Australia
Australian aborigines
Australopithecus afarensis
B
Bakeman, Roger
Bates, Elizabeth
Bev
Bever, Tom
Bipedalism
and vocal tract
Blume, Harvey
Boesch, Christophe
Bonobo Protection and Conservation Fund
Bonobos characteristics of
compared to humans
language learning compared to chimpanzees near extinction of
as prehominid ancestor sexual behavior of
study of social/communicative behavior
See also
Kanzi
Booee
Bosondjo
Boysen, Sarah
Bradford, Phillips Verner Brain
brain size/linguistic capacity damage, and language impairment evolution in humans
increase and evolution Branch dragging
Broca’s area
Bruno
Byrne, Richard
C
Calvin, Bill
Cartmill, Matt
Categorical shift
Cheney, Dorothy
Cheney, Seyfarth
Chimpanzee Intelligence
(Yerkes) Chimpanzees
biting by
infanticide
language learning compared to bonobos mirror-recognition by
in monkey shows
personality differences sexual behavior
sharing by
social life of
teaching by mother
tool use by
use of American Sign Language vocalizations, nature of
See also
Bonobos
;
Kanzi
;
specific chimpanzees by name
Chimp Farm
Chomsky, Noam
Cindy
Clever Hans Conference Clever Hans effect
Cognitive development, and language Comprehension
nature of process
of spoken English
Connie
Consciousness
animal
and humans
Consonants
lack of vocalization by apes relationship to vowels Coolidge, Harold J.
Coula nuts
CRAFT Annual Award
Critical period, in language acquisition Cultural acts, transmission of
D
Darwin, Charles
Descent of Man, The
Expression of Emotions in Animals and Man, The
language comprehension by animals
Origin of Species, The
study of animal emotions tool use by prehistoric humans Davidson, Iain
Dawkins, Richard
Deception, in animal kingdom Descartes
Descent of Man, The
(Darwin) Developmental Learning Center DNA, of apes
Dogs, mirror recognition Drakensberg Mountains
E
Embedded phrases
Emotions and animals, Darwin’s work Empiricists, doctrine of Engagement
Epstein, Robert
Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature
(Huxley)
Expression of Emotions in Animals and Man, The
(Darwin)
F
Facial expression, interpretation by bonobos Fading
Figan
Food manipulation
Fossey, Diane
Fouts, Roger
G
Galdikas, Birute
Gallup, Gordon
Gardener, Beatrice
Gardner, Allen
Georgia Retardation Center GG rubbing
Gibson, Kathleen
Glaserfield, Ernst von Goliath
Gombe Stream reserve
Goodall, Jane
Goodman, Morris
Gorilla Foundation
Graded system, of vocal communication Grammar
Great Chain of Being
Greenfield, Patricia
Griffin, Donald Gua
H
Hard-hammer percussion Hayes, Catherine
Hayes, Keith
Heck, Heinz
Hediger, Heini
Herman, Lou
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
archiac
evolution of
rational mind of
Homosexuality
in bonobos
in humans
Homo troglodytes
Hopkins, William
Human evolution
bipedalism
and bonobos
brain size, increase of history of study of
Lucy
and origins of language tool-making, significance of Human-reared apes
Huxley, Julian
Huxley, Thomas Henry
I
Imagination, pretend games and animals Infanticide
Ingmanson, Ellen
Ingold, Tim
Institute for Primate Studies Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) International Primatological Society Isaac, Glynn
J
Jack
Jill
Johanson, Donald
K
Kano, Takayoshi
Kanzi action-related utterances adoptive mother’s relationship with birth of
communication gestures of comprehension of spoken English embedded phrases, understanding of first encounter with researchers formal analysis of language grammar of
language instruction of language-learning method used multiword utterances
novel vocalizations of spontaneous-language acquisition syntactical structures tool-making by
vocalizations of
weaning of
Kellogg, Louise
Kellogg, Winthrop
Keyboard
in ape-language projects in LANA
lexigrams on
Kitui
Koko
Koobi Fora
Koola-kamba
Kuroda, Suehisa
L
Lana
LANA (LANguage Analogue) Project Language
acquisition stages
Chomsky’s view
and cognitive development components of
criteria for establishment of grammar critical period in learning of innate language capacity interaction and language acquisition and origins of
symbolic communication
“Language” and Intelligence in Monkeys and Apes: Comparative Developmental Prespectives
Language-impaired humans augmentative language systems of and brain damage
developmental approach to language teaching effectiveness of language program Kanzi approach used with LANA system for
learning of lexigrams
remedial approach to language teaching social behavior and language acquisition spontaneous communications of Language learning and apes.
See
Ape-language research
Language Perspectives
Language Research Center (LRC) Lanza, Robert
Laura
Leakey, Louis
Lemmon, Bill
Lieberman, Philip
Linda
Linguistic representation, components of Linguistic Society of Paris Linneaus, Carolus
Little One
Lokelema
Lorel
Lucy
Lucy (
Australopithecus afarensis)
M
McDonald, Kelly
McGrew, Bill
McHenry, Henry
Man the Tool-Maker
(Oakley) Matata
sexual activity
as Kanzi’s adoptive mother Maternal behavior studies Maternal deprivation
Max
Mel
Mentally-retarded language learning projects
See also
Language-impaired humans
Menzel, Emil
Midgely, Mary
Miles, Lynn
Mirror-recognition
chimpanzees
dogs
retarded children
Monkeys, compared to apes Morgan’s Canon
Mulika
Multiword utterances
Murphy, Alia
Murphy, Jeannine
N
Nagel, Thomas
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Natural selection
Neema
Neo-Darwinian Synthesis New Guinea
Nim
Nina
Noble, William
Nut cracking
O
Oakley, Kenneth P.
Object offering
Oklahoma Primate Institute Oldowan assemblages
Orangutan
tool-making by
Origins of the Species
(Darwin)
P
Panbanisha
Pancho
Panda nuts
Panzee
Pate, James
Patterson, Francine
Patterson, Penny
Paul
Pepperberg, Irene
Pepys, Samuel
Petito, Laura
Phineas
Pisani, Pier
Plooij, Frans
Potato washing
Predation, animal defenses Premack, David
Pretend games
Primate Research Center Primates, throwing by Prince Chim
Project FACTT (Facilitating Augmentative Communication Through Technology) Pygmies
Pygmy chimpanzee
See also
Bonobos
R
Recreational activities, of bonobos Representation, in language acquisition Ricci
Ristau, Carolyn
Robbins, Donald
Romanes, George
Romski, Mary Ann
Rubert, Elizabeth
Rumbaugh, Duane
LANA Project
work with mentally retarded children Ruth
S
St. Louis World’s Fair Salome
Sambia stone-age people Sarah
Satre
Saunders, Richard
Scala Natura
Schick, Kathy
Schouteden, Henri
Schusterman, Ron
Schwarz, Ernst
Sebeok, Thomas
Self-concept, mirror-recognition studies Self-defense, and throwing Sevcik, Rose
Sexual behavior
of bonobos
of chimpanzees
communication activities during sex homosexual
Seyfarth, Robert
Sharing by chimpanzees
Sherman and Animal Model Project and contextual information in language comprehension games of pretend by
self-recognition on television by and veridicality maintenance in word acquisition
See also
Animal Model Project
;
Austin
Silverman, Sydel
Skinner, B.F.
Social behavior, and language Speech sounds
categorical shift
graded system
humans
vocalizations of chimpanzees Speech synthesizer
Stone knapping
Stone tools
SuperWolf
Susman, Randall
Swenson, Dr. Brent
Symbolic communication Syntax
System for Acquiring Language(SAL)
Systema Naturae
(Linnaeus)
T
Taï National Park
Tamuli
Tasmanians
Teaching, by primates Terrace, Herbert
Tervuren Museum
Thelma
Theory of Mind
Thompson-Handler, Nancy Thorndike, Edward
Throwing
by apes
by humans
as self-defense
Toilet training
Tool-making
Acheulian handaxe
artistic expression in by chimpanzees
and cognitive ability
by contemporary stone tool-makers criteria for assessment of tools by early humans, significance of hard hammer percussion by Kanzi
and linguistic ability lives of early tool-makers Oldowan assemblages
by orangutan
spatial aspects of
Tools, stone tools
Tool use animals
chimpanzees
tool kit of chimpanzees Toth, Nick
Tratz, Edward
Turin, Carolyn
U
Umiker-Seboek, Jean
Upper Paleolithic period Upright position
and human vocal tract
V
Vervet monkeys
Vickie
Viki
Vocal tracts
apes
of early hominids
human
Von Osten, Wilhelm
Votrax voice synthesizer Vowels
relationship to consonants vocalization of
W
Wallace, Alfred Russel Warner, Harold
Washoe
Wenner-Gren conference Wenner-Gren Foundation White, Charles
White, Leslie
Whiten, Andrew
Wilkerson, Beverly
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Women, elimination from evolutionary theory Word learning
Words' Personal Voice II System Wright, Richard
Wynn, Tom
Y
Yerkes, Ada
Yerkes Great Ape Committee Yerkes Primate Center Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center Yerkes, Robert
Yerkish language
Z
Zihlman, Adrienne