Monkey talk</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Monkey talk"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Monkey,talk"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">26-11-2004</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Monkey talk</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_a0IlbLy0mn8thS8nwAlk_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Saitama, Japan (The Guardian): A Japanese researcher, Atsushi Iriki, head of the laboratory for symbolic cognitive development at the Riken Brain Science Institute, believes he will soon be able to communicate with monkeys. Equally interesting, his research could reveal how language evolved, as well as understanding autism. <br> <br>One of the main linguistic differences between apes and human beings is that we have a vocal apparatus suitable for speech and apes do not, but in cognitive terms, apes are capable of language, as proven by a great deal of research since the 1960s. <br> <br>Iriki wanted to see whether he could encourage the monkeys to vocalise a primitive language, and use it to communicate not only with other monkeys, but even with him. <br> <br>The experiment has excited his peers and won Iriki the Golden Brain Award, presented annually for brain research by the Minerva Foundation in the US. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1358717,00.html" target="blank">education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1358717,00.html</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show