An overview written by Dave Switzer that features a summaries of multiple research projects. Also offers primate glossary.

A discussion of the value and validity of ape language research.

Cecil Adams' research column on the divided scientific opinions about apes and language.

Read the transcript of the chat which took place on April 27th, 1998. This event was the first ever live inter-species Internet chat.

An article that describes why some researchers feel that chimps may be able to learn language.

Lauren Kosseff suggests the acquisition of some aspects of language in primates may shed light on the development of language in early humans.

Sue and Duane Rumbaugh argue the documentation of elementary language competence in species other than humans has significant implications for the understanding of the brain. Article includes a history of ape sign language research.

A article by Clive Wynne that argues evidence from the ape sign language studies demonstrates that our closest animal relatives do not have consciousness.

This project is part of a theoretical course on Syntax and Grammatical Theories taught by Prof. Dirk Geeraerts at K.U.Leuven.

Chimpanzee language research projects at Kyoto University. News, pictures and biographies of chimpanzee subjects as well as researchers.