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'''Sue Savage-Rumbaugh''' is a [[primatology|primatologist]] at the [[Great Ape Trust]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa]], who is well-known for her work investigating the apparent use of [[Great Ape]] '[[language]]' in two [[bonobo]]s - a [[species]] very close to [[chimpanzee]]s. Her most famous subject was a bonobo named [[Kanzi]], who was claimed to be able to [[communication|communicate]] linguistically using [[symbol]]s on a [[keyboard]]. | '''Sue Savage-Rumbaugh''' is a [[primatology|primatologist]] at the [[Great Ape Trust]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa]], who is well-known for her work investigating the apparent use of [[Great Ape]] '[[language]]' in two [[bonobo]]s - a [[species]] very close to [[chimpanzee]]s. Her most famous subject was a bonobo named [[Kanzi]], who was claimed to be able to [[communication|communicate]] linguistically using [[symbol]]s on a [[keyboard]]. | ||
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*[http://www.greatapetrust.org/research/srumbaugh/rumbaugh.php Great Ape Trust: Sue Savage-Rumabaugh] | *[http://www.greatapetrust.org/research/srumbaugh/rumbaugh.php Great Ape Trust: Sue Savage-Rumabaugh] | ||
Revision as of 22:55, 14 November 2007
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is a primatologist at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, who is well-known for her work investigating the apparent use of Great Ape 'language' in two bonobos - a species very close to chimpanzees. Her most famous subject was a bonobo named Kanzi, who was claimed to be able to communicate linguistically using symbols on a keyboard.
Savage-Rumbaugh's view of language - that it is not confined to humans and is learnable by other ape species - is very controversial within linguistics, psychology and other sciences of the brain and mind. For example, the cognitive scientist Steven Pinker strongly criticised the position of Savage-Rumbaugh and others in his award-winning The Language Instinct, arguing that Kanzi and other non-human primates failed to grasp the fundamentals of language.