SPOKANE, Wash. Washoe, a female chimpanzee believed to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at the research institute where she was kept. Washoe, who first ...

Forty years ago, I published an article, "Can a Chimpanzee Create a Sentence?" My answer was, definitively, "No." At the time, that conclusion was controversial. It was also headline news because ...

Washoe, who had a vocabulary of 250 words, dies in Washington at age 72. Washoe is shown in an undated picture provided by Central Washington University. SPOKANE, Wash. — Washoe, a female chimpanzee ...

ELLENSBURG -- Moja, a chimpanzee trained to communicate using American Sign Language, was found dead yesterday at Central Washington University. The 29-year-old chimp, whose name meant "first" in ...

Language processing in humans depends on the neuronal connection between language areas in the brain. Until recently, this language network was thought to be uniquely human. Now, in a discovery ...

Could chimpanzees hold a key to the evolution of human language? A recent study reveals complex vocal combinations in our closest relatives. Researchers recorded thousands of vocalizations from wild ...

Humans are known to invent private hand gestures. Chimps in the wild do, too, a new study suggests. By Brandon Keim Parents and their children, or people who know each other well, often share some ...