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  		• An Internet Chat with Koko the Gorilla: Read the transcript of the chat which took place on April 27th, 1998. This event was the first ever live inter-species Internet chat.
  		• Are Nonhuman Species Capable of Language Acquisition?: A discussion of the value and validity of ape language research.
  		• Koko the Gorilla: The Gorilla Foundation brings interspecies communication to the public through Koko, famous for her sign language skills.
  		• Language in Apes: How Much Do They Know and How Much Should We Teach Them: An overview written by Dave Switzer that features a summaries of multiple research projects. Also offers primate glossary.
  		• Language in Child and Chimp?: General commentary on ape language with transcripts of chats with apes and interviews with ape language researchers.
  		• Language Research Center: Primate research center studying language acquisition through work with bonobos and chimpanzees. Features a list of publications and ape biographies.
  		• Non-Human Primates and Language: This project is part of a theoretical course on Syntax and Grammatical Theories taught by Prof. Dirk Geeraerts at K.U.Leuven.
  		• Primate Language: Sue and Duane Rumbaugh argue the documentation of elementary language competence in species other than humans has significant implications for the understanding of the brain. Article includes a history of ape sign language research.
  		• Primate Research Institute: Section of Language and Intelligence: Chimpanzee language research projects at Kyoto University. News, pictures and biographies of chimpanzee subjects as well as researchers.
  		• Primate Use of Language: Lauren Kosseff suggests the acquisition of some aspects of language in primates may shed light on the development of language in early humans.
  		• Talking With Chimps: An article that describes why some researchers feel that chimps may be able to learn language.
  		• The Case Against the Animal Mind: A article by Clive Wynne that argues evidence from the ape sign language studies demonstrates that our closest animal relatives do not have consciousness.
  		• The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute: This institute at Central Washington University cares for five chimpanzees who are being taught American Sign Language.
  		• The Primatech Project: A cognitive model of Chantek, a signing orangutan, for an installation at Zoo Atlanta.
  		• The Straight Dope: Are Gorillas Using Sign Language Really Communicating with Humans?: Cecil Adams' research column on the divided scientific opinions about apes and language.
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