Dialogues on the Human Ape

by Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Laurent Dubreuil

Book Overview

A primatologist and a humanist together explore the meaning of being a "human animal" Humanness is typically defined by our capacity for language and abstract thinking. Yet decades of research led by the primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh has shown that chimpanzees and bonobos can acquire human language through signing and technology. Drawing on this research, Dialogues of the Human Ape brings Savage-Rumbaugh into conversation with the philosopher...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517905656
• ISBN13: 9781517905651
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.6"