If bonobo Kanzi can point as humans do, what other similarities can rearing reveal?
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 14:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
You may have more in common with Kanzi, Panbanisha and Nyota, three language-competent bonobos living at Great Ape Trust, than you thought. And those similarities, right at your fingertip, might one day tell scientists more about the effect of culture on neurological disorders that limit human expression. A recently published pointing study supports the assertion that the success of language studies with bonobos is tied to rearing.