> I am no linguists, my question was genuine curiosity, sorry if I sounded argumentative. Oh sorry, I didn't mean to come across as argumentative either. > I

> I am no linguists, my question was genuine curiosity, sorry if I sounded argumentative. Oh sorry, I didn't mean to come across as argumentative either. > I would not be surprised if they could get closer to us. It probably depends on whether language is the fundamental distinctive feature of intelligence or not. Yeah I'd really like to see more research done on this. The chimp I referenced is actually a bonobo called Kanzi, I misremembered the species. He seemed to be a prodigy able to do things no other apes can. It would be interesting to know how far this could go if we found even more talented apes, or selectively bred them.