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How Social Media separates us from the Apes

Great apes can learn words. They can learn to understand spoken words and can learn to use sign language to communicate their words and feelings. Chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos; they've all been taught to understand and communicate words. Koko, probably the most famous of the great ape communicators, can understand over 2,000 English words and over 1,000 ASL words.

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