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NewsWatch
A compilation of news articles about the scientific study and conservation of the world's great apes and primates.
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Meet Our Apes
Great Ape Trust's bonobos and orangutans are amazing beings with remarkable abilities.
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Great Ape Trust Blog
TIME Magazine to Feature Bonobo Research at Great Ape Trust
July 23, 2010
Published by Al SetkaThe upcoming issue of TIME magazine will feature a cover story on animal cognition that includes the bonobo language research conducted at Great Ape Trust.
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History of Ape Language
Two methods have been used to teach human languages to great apes: one uses sign language; the other, pioneered by Dr. Duane Rumbaugh and Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and explored at Great Ape Trust, uses graphical symbols called lexigrams that represent words.











