Monday, June 9, 2008

Nim Chimpsky: the chimp who thought he was a boy


Before he was a year old, the chimp known as Nim Chimpsky was living with a New York family and could ask for food, play practical jokes and even say sorry. But was he a human child or a primate? Unfortunately, nobody involved in this pioneering experiment could decide."
link for the full story

1 comment:

parlance said...

Oh, Slavenka, what a sad and terrible story... Sometimes I feel ashamed to be human.