Smart Chimp Gets Speech Like a Human
A 25 year old chimpanzee demonstrated that speech is not always a human trait. Did you know that a chimpanzee named Panzee understands more than 130 words in English? She also understands about sine waves which is a type of synthetic form. This means that she is understanding the language just like us. The scientists are thinking a that ancestors of chimpanzees may have the capability to understand speech and sound. A doctoral candidate and researcher uses common wave speech using simple words like M&M and tickle and sparkle. Panzee knew them all. Supporters of the "Speech is Special" view have pointed to the fact that chimpanzees can understand speech. The scientists think that maybe now all mammals can understand the human language. They do hesitate in saying that chimpanzees understand the language but they do have proof. Panzee can tell you her feelings or if she is hungry. Sometimes she puts two or three words together. The scientists are thinking that birds or other monkeys may be able to communicate as well. My opinion is that this is a really interesting article I think that it is cool that animals can communicate with people in language, other animals have other way of communicating.
This is related to science because it is interesting to know about how do chimpanzees understand language? Also how do they communicate with their mouth? I have a cat and he communicates by meowing or rubbing against a chair but I don’t see how monkeys/ chimpanzees can communicate by language or sin waves. It is also related to science because animals are science!
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