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Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

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United StatesScientistsBorn 1946 · age 80
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Emily Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is an American psychologist and primatologist most known for her work with two bonobos, Kanzi and Panbanisha, investigating their linguistic and cognitive abilities using lexigrams and computer-based keyboards.

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1997honorary doctor of the University of Chicago

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Emily Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is an American psychologist and primatologist most known for her work with two bonobos, Kanzi and Panbanisha, investigating their linguistic and cognitive abilities using lexigrams and computer-based keyboards. Originally based at Georgia State University's Language Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, she worked at the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary in Des Moines, Iowa from 2006 until her departure in November 2013.

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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 80
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