Finally!
Congratulations Rinka!
Now I can rest.
rings the bell for the Royal pedicurist, masseur and other, similar staff...
~LB
p.s. Next time, yell out your answer. My Queendom discourages whispers.
I'd say it's Gua, the chimp the Kelloggs used in their experiment studying language aqcuisition. They brought up Gua in their own family providing her the same stimuli as their own son, as they wanted to see if Gua would learn to speak. Gua didn't learn to speak, but instead her non-humanlike behavior endangered Donald's (if I remember the name correctly) normal development as a child and they had to give up the experiment.
What was noticed during the experiment, thou, was that baby chimps have far more developed social skills than human children. I find that endlessly fascinating.
Yes, I have studied biolinguistics.
Oh, I have to add... Gua did learn to recognize some 100 words/phrases if my memory serves me right. But the chimps and other primates cannot learn to speak, as they can't control their speech organs with the precision needed for humanlike speech.
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