August 2012 Issue [Article] The last distinction? Talking to the animals Adjust Share by Benjamin Hale, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Chimpanzees Herbert S. Terrace Human-animal communication Learning in animals Nim Chimpsky (Chimpanzee) Psychology Sign language United States Washoe (Chimpanzee) More from Benjamin Hale The Lost Child In the spring of 2001, Benjamin Hale’s six-year-old cousin went missing in the Arkansas Ozarks, prompting one of the largest search-and-rescue missions in Arkansas history. Her miraculous discovery is a… Who Walks Always Beside You? A disappearance in Arkansas A Q&A with Sue Savage-Rumbaugh In 2011, Time magazine recognized Sue Savage-Rumbaugh as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World for her research into language among bonobo apes, which has profoundly altered… Adjust Share