Replies

The American Scientist, or rather 'The trouble with ape studies'

Early Research

Discourse with an ape. (1969, January). Scientific American, 50. (M)

Ford, B. (1970, May). How they taught a chimp to talk. Science Digest, 10-17. (L)

Gardener, R.A., & Gardener, B.T. (1969). Teaching sign language to an ape. Science, 165, 664-672.

No thanks, said the ape. (1971, December 20). Newsweek. 101. (L)

Premack, A.J., & Premack, D. (1971, October). Teaching language to an ape. Scientific American, 92-99. (M)

Premack, D. (1971). Language in a chimpanzee? Science, 172, 808-822. (H)

Later Research

D'Aulaire, E. & D'Aulaire O. (1975, October). The ape that "talks" with people. Reader's Digest, 94-98. (L)

Patterson, F. (1981, December). Koko, the articulate gorilla. Ms., 43-44, 46, 48. (L)

Sherman to Austin: Pass the bananas. (1978, August 19). Science News, 117-118. (M)

Controversy

Are those apes really talking? (1980, March 10). Time, 50. (L)

Begley, S. & Carey, J. (1979, December 31). Apes no use language. Newsweek, 66. (L)

Greenberg, J. (1980, May 10. Ape talk: More than pigeon English? Science News, 298-300 (M)

Premack, D., & Woodruff, G. (1978). Chimpanzee problem solving: A test for comprehension. Science, 202, 532-535. (H)

Savage-Rumbaugh, E.S., & Rumbaugh, D. (1979). Chimpanzee problem comprehension: Insufficient evidence. Science, 202, 1201-1202. (H)

Terrace, H.S., Petitto, L.A., Sanders, R.G., & Bever, T.G. (1979). Can an ape create a sentence? Science, 206, 891-902. (H)

Thompson, C.R., & Church, R.M. (1980). An explanation of the language of a chimpanzee. Science, 208, 313-314. (H)

The trouble with ape studies. (1979, November). Psychology Today, 63. (M)