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Washoe the talking chimp center opens to public view
Washoe the famed chimpanzee and her companions begin public workshops at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute, funded in part by 2.3 million dollars, will host guided visits where visitors witness sign language use and sentence construction among chimps, while ongoing research explores spatial interpretation and maps.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Darwin
Copernicus
Washoe
Central Washington University
Loulis
Roger Fouts
Foutses
University
Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute
7, Square
Moja
Tatu
Dar
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Debbi
Yale University
Washington
Debbi Fouts
National Science Foundation