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Science and Speech in Determining "Human" Kind

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09-29-2007 7:07 AM 		Reply to: Message 139 by Jon
09-29-2007 6:26 AM

Re: Language is not mere Speaking
Jon, I have a question. Do we or do we not know what the conclusion of Alex's handlers/researchers actually was? This is important in deducing the extent of Alex's capacity to develop a sort of a language or to just have rudimentary pattern recognition/response.
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I would think that these questions that you asked Rrhain are important to providing an answer.
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Are we debating whether or not a bird can evolve...into a public speaker?
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