Talk:Ai (chimpanzee)

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[edit] Was Ai the only chimpanzee initially involved in the Ai project?

It's not true. According to Primate Research Institute (1980) or Matsuzawa (2003), it was Ai, Akira, and Mari who were initially involved in the Ai project. The appendix II in Primate Research Institute (1980) tells us in details what was conducted on what day in the series of experiments. Reference (in Japanese): 京都大学霊長類研究所 [ Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University] (1980). チンパンジーの言語の習得とその脳内機構に関する研究 [Reserach on chimpanzees' acquisition of language and its brain mechanism]. 昭和52・53・54年度文部省科学研究費補助金一般研究 (A) 研究成果報告書 [1977, 1978, and 1979 Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture grant-in-aid for scientific research #240008]. Inuyama, Aichi, Japan: Author. 130.54.114.6 13:35, 28 October 2006 (UTC)