送交者: cornbug 于 2005-4-20, 12:23:21:
"If you want to find a human-like creature that exists in a completely natural state ... that creature is the bonobo,"
Expert: Apes May Be Key to Human Nature
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Science - AP
By AMY LORENTZEN, Associated Press Writer
DES MOINES, Iowa - Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh sounds like a proud mother when she speaks about her brood of bonobos, eight ultra-intelligent apes that will take part in unique language research meant to shed light on their nature and maybe our own.
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The first two bonobos will make the 16-hour road trip from the Language Research Center at Georgia State University to their new $10 million, 13,000-square-foot home near downtown Des Moines later this month. All eight — three females and five males — will arrive at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa by mid-May.
Bonobos, a species of ape from the Congo, are the most like humans, Savage-Rumbaugh said. They constantly vocalize "as though they are conversing" and often walk upright.
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