to imply this and that we should not expect chimps and human children to be cognitively equal. Children have an innate ability to learn language easily and chimps do not; chimps can only do this after long, repetitive training. There are also definite limits to the types of things that a chimp can use language to communicate about.Other animals do not have the capability to communicate the complicated thoughts that humans do. Even though other animals may have some ability to learn basic features of language, the complex and diverse use of language seems to belong strictly to humans....
