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Washoe  

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  • Washoe is a female chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) known for bringing insight into animal cognition, communication, and social complexity with her capacity for communicating via American Sign Language (ASL). Washoe was born in West Africa in1965. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Washoe]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NRR1C4S2-D

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