A question..

[Tylanner]

Are primate speech producing organs as capable as a humans?


hmm? anyone?

 

[Tylanner]

 

[Mucho]

Can Chimpanzees Talk?

 

[Tylanner]

Originally posted by: Mucho
Can Chimpanzees Talk?

danka

"Chimpanzees cannot speak because, unlike humans, their vocal cords are located higher in their throats and cannot be controlled as well as human vocal cords."

reliable i dunno but its sumptin

 

[Moonbeam]

As capable of what, for crap sake? As capable of making sound? Is this human capable of saying what he means?

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Tylanner

Originally posted by: Mucho
Can Chimpanzees Talk?

danka

"Chimpanzees cannot speak because, unlike humans, their vocal cords are located higher in their throats and cannot be controlled as well as human vocal cords."

reliable i dunno but its sumptin

What about the Bushmen of Africa? Isn't a lot of their spoken language comprised of clicks that don't use the vocal cords?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Tylanner

Originally posted by: Mucho
Can Chimpanzees Talk?

danka

"Chimpanzees cannot speak because, unlike humans, their vocal cords are located higher in their throats and cannot be controlled as well as human vocal cords."

reliable i dunno but its sumptin

What about the Bushmen of Africa? Isn't a lot of their spoken language comprised of clicks that don't use the vocal cords?

They still use traditional phonemes though just a subset like any other human language. I seem to recall there are three types of clicks that they use...

 

[Bateluer]

Do you consider American Sign Language 'speech'? If yes, then chimps, gorillas, and a few other primates are capable of speech.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Do you consider American Sign Language 'speech'? If yes, then chimps, gorillas, and a few other primates are capable of speech.

how is sign language speech? I thought speech involved use of the larynx... sign language is communication no doubt, but I don't think it can be classified as speech