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- catalog abstract "Roger Fouts fulfilled humankind's age-old dream of talking to animals by pioneering communication with chimpanzees through sign language. His decades of groundbreaking work with these amazing animals - who share more than 98 percent of our DNA - made scientific history as their unprecedented dialogues opened a window into chimpanzee consciousness and the origins of human language and intelligence. Now, in Next of Kin, Fouts tells the dramatic story of his personal and professional odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist to impassioned crusader for the rights of animals. At the heart of this captivating book is Fouts's magical thirty-year friendship with Washoe, whom we watch grow from a mischievous baby chimp fresh out of the NASA space program into the matriarch of a clan of chimpanzees who fill these pages with tales of humor and heartbreak, pathos and love. Living and conversing with these sensitive creatures has given Fouts a profound appreciation of how much we share with our closest biological relatives, and what they can teach us about ourselves. Fouts also describes the crisis of conscience he faced when he discovered that hundreds of chimpanzees were being subjected to perilous biomedical experimentation in laboratories across America. At significant risk to his own career, he became an outspoken advocate for improved conditions for animals in research labs, and devoted himself to rescuing this lost generation of chimpanzees.".
- catalog contributor b10450844.
- catalog contributor b10450845.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "A tale of two chimps -- Baby in the family -- Out of Africa -- Signs of intelligent life -- But is it language? -- The island of Dr. Lemmon -- House calls -- Autism and the origins of language -- A death in the family -- Like mother, like son -- And two more makes five -- Something to talk about -- Monkey business -- Home at last -- Back to Africa.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [392]-407) and index.".
- catalog description "Roger Fouts fulfilled humankind's age-old dream of talking to animals by pioneering communication with chimpanzees through sign language. His decades of groundbreaking work with these amazing animals - who share more than 98 percent of our DNA - made scientific history as their unprecedented dialogues opened a window into chimpanzee consciousness and the origins of human language and intelligence. Now, in Next of Kin, Fouts tells the dramatic story of his personal and professional odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist to impassioned crusader for the rights of animals. At the heart of this captivating book is Fouts's magical thirty-year friendship with Washoe, whom we watch grow from a mischievous baby chimp fresh out of the NASA space program into the matriarch of a clan of chimpanzees who fill these pages with tales of humor and heartbreak, pathos and love. Living and conversing with these sensitive creatures has given Fouts a profound appreciation of how much we share with our closest biological relatives, and what they can teach us about ourselves. Fouts also describes the crisis of conscience he faced when he discovered that hundreds of chimpanzees were being subjected to perilous biomedical experimentation in laboratories across America. At significant risk to his own career, he became an outspoken advocate for improved conditions for animals in research labs, and devoted himself to rescuing this lost generation of chimpanzees.".
- catalog extent "xi, 420 p. [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Next of kin.".
- catalog identifier "068814862X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Next of kin.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : William Morrow,".
- catalog relation "Next of kin.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "156 21".
- catalog subject "BF109.F66 A3 1997".
- catalog subject "Experimental psychologists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Fouts, Roger.".
- catalog subject "Human-animal communication.".
- catalog subject "Washoe (Chimpanzee)".
- catalog subject "Washoe, 1965-2007.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A tale of two chimps -- Baby in the family -- Out of Africa -- Signs of intelligent life -- But is it language? -- The island of Dr. Lemmon -- House calls -- Autism and the origins of language -- A death in the family -- Like mother, like son -- And two more makes five -- Something to talk about -- Monkey business -- Home at last -- Back to Africa.".
- catalog title "Next of kin : what chimpanzees have taught me about who we are / Roger Fouts with Stephen Tukel Mills ; introduction by Jane Goodall.".
- catalog type "text".