There was a competing theory that language was a technology that we developed and therefore had to learn rather than being innate.
We tortured a whole bunch of apes in the 70s & 80s trying to teach them language when it was always an exclusive ability of humans.
( I know that chimps could do sign language and stuff, but they never developed language; only able to express simple desires and emotions that they were well capable of without doing sign. And yes, Koko the gorilla’s ability was mostly a stage act. I’m sorry. )
There was a competing theory that language was a technology that we developed and therefore had to learn rather than being innate.
We tortured a whole bunch of apes in the 70s & 80s trying to teach them language when it was always an exclusive ability of humans.
( I know that chimps could do sign language and stuff, but they never developed language; only able to express simple desires and emotions that they were well capable of without doing sign. And yes, Koko the gorilla’s ability was mostly a stage act. I’m sorry. )