In the 1970s Washoe the chimp became the first non-human to learn to communicate using American sign language. She was taught 350 signs by behavioural scientists and was soon able to construct ...

Project Nim was a research study conducted in the 1970s meant to find out if a chimpanzee could learn to sign. The study's chimp –- named Nim ... to communicate using American Sign Language.

Washoe, a female chimpanzee believed to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at the research institute where she was kept. She was around 42 years old.

Washoe, a female chimpanzee said to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at the U.S. research institute where she was kept. Washoe was said by her keepers ...

Washoe, a female chimpanzee said to be the first nonhuman to acquire human language, has died at the age of 42 at Central Washington University. Washoe, who first learned some American Sign ...

Pacific Northwest; Chimp who learned sign language at Central Washington University dies at 36. Updated: ; Nov. 28, 2012, 1:10 a.m. | Published: ; Nov. 29, 2012, 12: ...

Chimpsky, not Chomsky: Did Nim the chimpanzee actually learn American Sign Language? Nim Chimpsky raised the prospect of language among chimps but the experiment remains controversial today ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Washoe, a female chimpanzee said to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at the research institute where she was kept.

HUMANS understand chimps’ sign language, scientists say. ... When a chimp touched another one’s mouth or tapped them, 79 per cent knew it meant “give me that food”.

Humans are known to invent private hand gestures. Chimps in the wild do, too, a new study suggests. By Brandon Keim Parents and their children, or people who know each other well, often share some ...

Chimp who 'talked' with sign language heartbreaking reaction to keeper's miscarriage. Washoe the chimp was the first non-human in the world to sign to people and stunned keepers with her adorably ...