Re: Agreements on Archaeology and raft building

> Er, Glen (that's me) is saying that a chimp and a human in regards to the
> tongue and vocal cords, as well as much everything else, are definitely
> different. If I did say that they were similar, it was only in regards to
> the fact that we both have two eyes, a nose, body hair and a liver.
> Genetically we are 98% similar but it's that 2% that changes everything when
> it comes to speaking.

Gerry: Correct, chimp and human are different. And correct, chimps and
humans are alike. Conclusion, chimps and humans are both similar and
different. That certainly throws the established taxonomy into chaos,
doesn't it?

> Now, as far as I'm aware, I've never heard a chimp speak very much. I'm sure
> if chimps were properly equipped to speak like humans, they would be able to
> say alot as they can with sign. (So would dogs.)However, I wouldn't expect
> them to be able to get a handle on the kinds of complex grammars that in
> spoken languages exist because this ability highly abstract is. Chimps other
> simians and would appear to demonstrate this difficulty grammar in, from
> what heard I. :)

Gerry: I haven't heard a chimp speak much either. And I'll bet that if
they had the same human equipment, they wouldn't have the same "mental
template" implanted in their heads that allows for abstraction. It's
this template that I'm interested in. This is Chomsky's area; do you
know anything about this template? Do you have any sources besides
Chomsky?

Gerry
2/15/00
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