in fact apes are capable of symbolic communication. They use sign language and are capable of learning and using it to communicate other humans. . That they don’t use our “Words” May have more to do with anatomy and physiology than anything else ------------------ Chimpanzees have been taught some limited sign language, but their use of it is essentially limited to simple requests for food or other basics. Having worked to teach chimps simple nonverbal communication, Dr. David Premack concluded: “Human language is an embarrassment for evolutionary theory because it is vastly more powerful than one can account for.” It is also telling that there is no improvement can be made in succeeding generations of animals whereas offspring of poorly educated adults are not impaired if given proper schooling. (Proverbs 22:6) Train a boy in the way he should go; Even when he grows old he will not depart from it.
