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Attempts have been made to teach a gorilla named Koko a form of sign language, the success of which is debatable but nonetheless fascinating.<ref>As part of her research into animal communication in 1972, a young graduate student in developmental psychology volunteered to teach sign language to a 1-year-old female Gorilla named Koko. [http://www.las.uiuc.edu/alumni/news/fall2003/03fall_Patterson.html] </ref> | Attempts have been made to teach a gorilla named Koko a form of sign language, the success of which is debatable but nonetheless fascinating.<ref>As part of her research into animal communication in 1972, a young graduate student in developmental psychology volunteered to teach sign language to a 1-year-old female Gorilla named Koko. [http://www.las.uiuc.edu/alumni/news/fall2003/03fall_Patterson.html] </ref> | ||
| − | [[Creationist]]s believe that gorillas were [[creation|created]] about 4000 years ago, | + | [[Creationist]]s believe that gorillas were [[creation|created]] about 4000 years ago. According to mainstream bioligy, humans shared a common ancestor with gorillas as recently as four to seven million years ago.{{fact-science}} |
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Revision as of 13:18, April 3, 2007
The gorilla, the largest of the living primates, is a ground-dwelling omnivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and (under debate as of 2006 Template:Fact-science) either four or five subspecies. Comparison of DNA sequences of humans and gorillas show them to be 99% identical. [1]
Attempts have been made to teach a gorilla named Koko a form of sign language, the success of which is debatable but nonetheless fascinating.[2] Creationists believe that gorillas were created about 4000 years ago. According to mainstream bioligy, humans shared a common ancestor with gorillas as recently as four to seven million years ago.Template:Fact-science
References
- ↑ Heredity, Evolution and Society
- ↑ As part of her research into animal communication in 1972, a young graduate student in developmental psychology volunteered to teach sign language to a 1-year-old female Gorilla named Koko. [1]