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This fascinating piece of nonfiction documents the life of a captive chimpanzee from his birth in 1973 to his death in 2000. The chimp’s name, Nim Chimpsky, alludes to the role he would play in scientific research: to dispute linguist Noam Chompsky’s theory that only humans were “wired” for language. From his childhood spent as “one of the family” in a Manhattan brownstone to his death on an animal reserve, Hess documents Nim’s ...more
This fascinating piece of nonfiction documents the life of a captive chimpanzee from his birth in 1973 to his death in 2000. The chimp’s name, Nim Chimpsky, alludes to the role he would play in scientific research: to dispute linguist Noam Chompsky’s theory that only humans were “wired” for language. From his childhood spent as “one of the family” in a Manhattan brownstone to his death on an animal reserve, Hess documents Nim’s ...more
