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Mostly false.
Apes have the capacity to understand symbolic written language (lexigrams) and can use it to construct unique thoughts and express themselves but it isn’t the same as in humans. Below is a link about a bonobo named Kanzi that my sister, an anthropologist, got to do language research with.
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False. They have a capacity, but it’s not nearly as detailed as human languages.
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Given our languages and libraries vs their primitive communication skills, that is obviously false
