Assignment Four, Article Twelve
Zoologist Jane Goodall contributes to our text in Article 12: The Mind of the Chimpanzee and opens the door to a new way of thinking. She provides information into the depths of the chimpanzee mind and proves just how remarkable they are. Goodall tells us in her article that the chimpanzee is highly intelligent and offers up a few laughs as well. As with all things Goodall, never under estimate the possibilities.
Goodall starts off with introducing us to a very distinctive chimpanzee, Lucy. I laughed out loud as she described how Lucy was able to pour herself a gin and tonic. It isn’t important that Lucy poured herself an adult beverage so much as she knew what she would need to make the beverage and got it herself. Goodall proceeds to enlighten us on just how smart Lucy is by letting us in on her ASL ability though Lucy isn’t the only one mentioned with ASL knowledge. Goodall also offers Washoe, Moja, Dar, Tatu and Loulis[1] as examples of chimpanzees who sign. Unique to the group is Loulis who was provided to Washoe as an adoptive son who was taught ASL from his companions and not human interaction.
Though the previously mentioned chimpanzees were not raised in the wild, Goodall was able to point to intelligent behavior in wild chimpanzees also. With simple mention of problem solving abilities of a chimpanzee who fashioned a tool to achieve his goal, Goodall shows chimpanzees have a broader mind than we have initially given them credit for. Goodall concedes she only knows a “fraction of what was going on in a chimpanzee community” (67) and yet proves she should be taken seriously even if her ideas varied from the norm at first print. Our article was taken as an excerpt from Through a Window, and makes me want to read the full text, at no point did I find myself wondering if perhaps this article should not be credited or included in the assembly of works here in the Annual Editions.
[1] Goodall, Jane. “Article 12: The Mind of the Chimpanzee” Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology. (05/06). 63-67
Zoologist Jane Goodall contributes to our text in Article 12: The Mind of the Chimpanzee and opens the door to a new way of thinking. She provides information into the depths of the chimpanzee mind and proves just how remarkable they are. Goodall tells us in her article that the chimpanzee is highly intelligent and offers up a few laughs as well. As with all things Goodall, never under estimate the possibilities.
Goodall starts off with introducing us to a very distinctive chimpanzee, Lucy. I laughed out loud as she described how Lucy was able to pour herself a gin and tonic. It isn’t important that Lucy poured herself an adult beverage so much as she knew what she would need to make the beverage and got it herself. Goodall proceeds to enlighten us on just how smart Lucy is by letting us in on her ASL ability though Lucy isn’t the only one mentioned with ASL knowledge. Goodall also offers Washoe, Moja, Dar, Tatu and Loulis[1] as examples of chimpanzees who sign. Unique to the group is Loulis who was provided to Washoe as an adoptive son who was taught ASL from his companions and not human interaction.
Though the previously mentioned chimpanzees were not raised in the wild, Goodall was able to point to intelligent behavior in wild chimpanzees also. With simple mention of problem solving abilities of a chimpanzee who fashioned a tool to achieve his goal, Goodall shows chimpanzees have a broader mind than we have initially given them credit for. Goodall concedes she only knows a “fraction of what was going on in a chimpanzee community” (67) and yet proves she should be taken seriously even if her ideas varied from the norm at first print. Our article was taken as an excerpt from Through a Window, and makes me want to read the full text, at no point did I find myself wondering if perhaps this article should not be credited or included in the assembly of works here in the Annual Editions.
[1] Goodall, Jane. “Article 12: The Mind of the Chimpanzee” Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology. (05/06). 63-67
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