INDEX
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affiliative vocalizations
Africa. See also Jong River; Mahale Mountains, Tanzania
aggression
alarm calls
capuchin
reflexive nature of
alpha male. See also Higgy
dependency on
displays by
exiled
Hank as
Mimikile
stressful life of
vocalizations of
altruism, in primates
America Online
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
American Society of Primatologists
animal park. See Loxahatchee animal park
animals
brokers
so-called connections with
apes. See also language-trained ape projects
human language and
mirror experiments on
Atlanta, Georgia, primatologist meeting in
audio spectrograms
“baby in my drink”
behavior, vocalization recordings and
behavioral traits
genetic
innate
learned
unsocialized
biological traits
births, chimpanzee
blimp
boat escape, Higgy’s group
brain. See human brain
brokers, animal
Butler, Jean (Genie’s teacher)
calls. See alarm calls
Cameroon
Campo Animal Reserve, Cameroon
captivity
capture
capuchin monkeys
castaway scenario
Chausiku
Chicago. See Lincoln Park Zoo
chimpanzee communication. See also alarm calls; vocalizations
Cindy’s first
events
linguistic model for
nonlethal violence in
self-reflection in
strategizing in
structure and usage in
symbolic
chimpanzees. See also alpha male; juvenile chimpanzees; Loxahatchee animal park; specific chimpanzees; specific topics
aggression structure in
births
danger and intelligence of
first meeting between
hand in mouth of other
infant care sharing among mothers
laboratory
monkeys hunted by
ostracized
relationship forming among
tool fashioned by
unsocialized
as vegetarian
Chomsky, Noam
Christmas at Loxahatchee
Cindy
abduction of infant of
arrival at Loxahatchee
capture of
death of infant
decision to join Higgy’s group
first communication with other chimpanzees
free will of
Higgy and
infant abduction attempt by
Little Mama and
move to separate island
as pet
purchase of
raspberry vocalization of
separation from Higgy
social bonding of
circuses
cognitive studies
communication. See also chimpanzee communication; vocalizations
complex
conscious compared with insentient
environment and
as facultative trait
freedom of choice in
information and
kidnapping example of complex
perceptual basis of
structure and usage in
conferences
consciousness
conscious or insentient communication and
Elgin’s unreflected
construction event, Little Mama and
Crab Nebula
critical period of socialization
Genie and
culture
chimpanzee
enculturation
human
learned behaviors as
dependency, on alpha male
depth perception
dialect evolution
displays, alpha male
drawbridge incident
Elgin (chimpanzee with encephalitis)
Cindy contrasted with
Higgy and
integration with other chimpanzees
unreflected consciousness of
encephalitis. See Elgin
enculturation
environment, communication and
epileptic seizures. See Elgin
evolution
depth perception
dialect
journey metaphor of
language
primate order beginning and
prokaryote organism
prosodic
self-awareness
exotic pet shows
facial recognition, vocal and
facultative traits
fixed
female chimpanzees social standing
free will
Cindy’s move to Higgy’s island as
Rousseau’s hunter scenario and
termite specie preference and
Furness, William
Gallup, Gordon
game theory, Rousseau’s hunter scenario and
Gardner, Allan
Gardner, Beatrice
“the General”
genetic traits and behavior
Genie (human little girl)
critical period of
end of research on
isolation of
language learning failure of
mother connection with
project
Gin
early life in orange grove
first chimpanzee interactions of
Higgy’s group integration of
move to Loxahatchee
as unsocialized
Gombe National Park (formerly Kakombe Valley)
Mahale Mountains group vocalizations as different from
Goodall, Jane
gorillas. See also Project Koko
mating of
mirror experiment on
grammar
grooming
vocalizations specific to
groups. See social groups; specific social groups
Gua project
hand in mouth gesture
Hank
as alpha male
war between Higgy and
Hank’s group
Lincoln Park Zoo transfer of
vocalizations of Higgy’s compared to
hardwired analogs, Gallup’s concept of
Hayaki, Hitoshige
Hershey, Pennsylvania 1940 circus
Higgy
as alpha male
Cindy and
Cindy’s separation from
displays of
drawbridge help by
Elgin and
Gin subdued by
juveniles tended by
Little Mama and
night spent alone
status lost by
war between Hank and
weight of
Higgy’s group
blimp response of
boat escape attempt by
Christmas boat and
Cindy’s decision to join
dynamics of
Elgin’s integration into
Gin’s integration into
after Hank’s group removal
Little Mama’s influence on vocalizations of
recording vocalizations of
relocation of
vocalizations of Hank’s compared to
hippos
human brain
grammar and
socialization and
human child, Gua’s upbringing with
human culture
human language. See also language-trained ape projects; sign language
apes and
phonetic inclinations in chimpanzees and
humans. See also Genie
alarm calls of
behavior of primates and
divergence from primates by
language learning in
lethal and nonlethal violence in chimpanzees and
prosodic changes in
hunting
Mimikile group’s cooperative
red colobus monkeys and
Rousseau’s scenario of two hunters
“I found food!”
IBCD. See introduction, buildup, climax, and descent
ICD. See introduction, climax, and descent
ice-skating, Little Mama’s career in
individual identification
vocal and facial recognition
infant
abandonment
abduction
alpha male eating carcass of
care sharing
death of Cindy’s
Loxahatchee rescue of sick
information, communication and
innate behaviors
International Society for Human Ethology
Internet chat with Koko
introduction, buildup, climax, and descent (IBCD)
introduction, climax, and descent (ICD)
islands, animal park. See Loxahatchee animal park
Jong River
juvenile chimpanzees
abandoned
captive
Higgy’s attention on
Higgy’s group
temper tantrums of
weaning of
Kajabala group
end of
males wiped out in
Mimikile group and
solitary male from
Katabi (abandoned son of Chausiku)
Kellogg, Donald (son raised with Gua)
Kellogg, Luella
Kellogg, Winthrop
Kibale chimpanzees, Mimikile vocalizations compared to
kidnapping, coordinated
Koko: A Talking Gorilla
Koko the gorilla
mirror recognition and
Kyoto University study
laboratory chimpanzees
Loxahatchee’s ex-
language. See also chimpanzee communication; human language; sign language; vocalizations
chimpanzee communication as
definition of
evolution of
phonetic inclinations in
prosody and
Language and Mind (Chomsky)
language learning. See also sign language; vocalizations
critical period for
first and second
Genie’s failure in
in humans
language-trained ape projects
Gua project
Project Koko
Project Nim
Project Washoe sign language
learned behaviors
learned traits
learning, in vocalizations
lexicon, vocal
Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago)
linguistic model of chimpanzee communication
Little Mama. See also Higgy’s group
birth in Africa
burlap shawl of
capture of
caretaker role of
Cindy and
communication about crane
Higgy and
history of
ice-skating career of
island construction and
magnificence of
as origin of Higgy’s group vocalizations
silence of
vocal lexicon of
Loxahatchee animal park (south Florida). See also Cindy; Elgin; Gin; Hank; Higgy; Little Mama; Oz; social groups
boat escape attempt
chimpanzee groups living at
Christmas
drawbridge incident
ex-laboratory chimpanzees
first days working at
group rearrangements in 1981
hippos in
island construction event in 1975
island system of
night in
1968
1970s
1981 sick infant rescue incident
1982
1983
1986
1989 island transfer of chimpanzees
1994
1996
Old Man’s island
pumpkin incident
2002
2003
2004 war
2006
vocal learning study of North Carolina Zoo and
zookeeper of
Mahale Mountains, Tanzania. See also Kajabala group; Mimikile group
Masudi
new social group adjustments of
raised status of
mathematics of vocalization recordings analysis
mating
vocalizations
McGrew, William
microbial socialization
microphone, for recordings
Mimikile group
alpha male of
Chausiku’s permanent joining of
cooperative hunt by
exiled alpha male of
Gombe vocalizations as different from
infant carcass eaten by alpha male of
Kajabala group and
Kibale vocalizations compared to
mind
mirror self-recognition
Mitani, John
monkeys
capuchin
pet trade and
red colobus
mother of Genie (human child)
mothers, chimpanzee
infant care sharing
learned behaviors and
National Institutes of Health
natural selection
nature vs. nurture
nest building
New York Review of Books
Nim Chimpsky (Terrace’s chimpanzee)
vocal and facial recognition by
Nishida, Toshisada
nonlethal violence
North Carolina Zoo
nurture vs. nature
obligate traits
“Observation on the mentality of chimpanzees and orangutans” (Furness)
Okeechobee, Florida 1970
Old Man’s island
Orange Park, Florida 1936
orangutans
overpopulation, captive chimpanzees
Oz
pumpkin incident with
Patterson, Francine (“Penny”)
perception
communication based in
depth
as specie-specific
peripheral vision loss
pet owner misconceptions
pets and pet trade
Pettito, Ann
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
phonetic inclinations
phrase book
pigeons
Plato
play, solitary
politics, self-awareness and
prairie dogs, alarm calls of
Primate Research Institute
primates. See also social groups; socialization
alarm calls in
altruism in
capture of live
critical period of
ecological impact of capturing
evolution of
human behavior and
humans’ divergence from
infant abduction in
primatologists
conference of
cultural
interference dilemma of
Project Koko
Project Nim
Project Washoe
prokaryote organisms
prosody
Psychological Record
pumpkin incident
raspberry sound, Cindy’s
recordings, vocalization
Hank’s group
Higgy’s group
Mahale Mountain chimpanzees
red colobus monkeys
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Sebeok, Thomas
self-awareness. See also consciousness
Cindy’s chimpanzee
mirror self-recognition
sign language
Washoe’s
Slobodchikoff, Con
social groups. See also specific groups
benefits of
female status in
free will and
grooming and status in
inheritance of
learned behaviors and
peripheral vision loss and
self-awareness linked to
vocalizations specific to
socialization
behaviors not requiring
chimpanzees lacking
critical period of
human brain and
innate behaviors unlocked through
laboratory chimpanzees and
microbial
self-awareness with complex
solitary play
Speaking of Apes (Sebeok/Umiker-Sebeok)
spectrograms
Stanford University
studies. See also language-trained ape projects; sign language
apes and human language early
cognitive
Genie project
Kyoto University
mirror
North Carolina–Loxahatchee vocal learning
termites
symbolic communication
Takahata, Hitomi
Takahata, Yukio
Tanzania. See Mahale Mountains, Tanzania
termites study
free will and
Terrace, Herbert
Project Nim of
tools and technology
traits. See also behavioral traits
biological
facultative
learned
obligate
Tutin, Caroline
Umiker-Sebeok, Donna Jean
unreflected consciousness
unsocialized chimpanzees
vegetarian diet
veterinary clinic
violence, nonlethal
visual predation theory
vocalizations
affiliative
African origin of
alpha male
behavioral context for
Cindy’s raspberry
evolutionary changes in
grooming
group-specific
Higgy’s group
IBCD structure of
imitation of other chimps’
individual identification and
isolation impact on
learning in
lexicon in
Little Mama’s influence on Higgy’s group
mating
Mimikile-Kibale comparison of
phonetic inclinations in
phrase book of
prosody of
recognition through
recordings of
structure and elements of
in West Africa
Wakasila
war, Higgy-Hank
Washoe project
Watendele
weaning
Wolf, Terry (zookeeper)
World War I doughboy legend (“the General”)
Wrangham, Richard
X-bar theory
Yerkes, Ada
Yerkes, Robert
Kellogg, W., and
Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center
“You have disobeyed me”
zoo. See Loxahatchee animal park
zookeeper
new job as
zoosemiotics