ANTHROPOLOGIST: TALKING APES NOT SO FAR-FETCHED
ANTHROPOLOGIST: TALKING APES NOT SO FAR-FETCHED
NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) It sounds bananas, but talking gorillas like the ones in Planet Of The Apes arent that far-fetched. Columbia University anthropologist Dr. Ralph Holloway says chimps and humans have striking similarities in the part of the brain that controls language. He says research reveals that the planum temporale is proportionally the same size in chimps and humans. This doesnt mean chimps can talk, but Holloway says its possible they have a complex communication system that humans havent translated. He says its also possible the planum temporale may allow chimps to communicate through grunts or some type of body language. Planet Of The Apes, which stars Mark Wahlberg, opens in U.S. theaters tomorrow.
Thu 07-26-01