It was june 21, 1966.
Allen and beatrix (“trixie”) gardner welcomed a chimpanzee named kathy to reno, nevada.
Verkkowashoe became famous in the late 1960s for being the first nonhuman to use a human language, namely, american sign language (asl).
Born in the wild.
Verkkoat their home in reno, nevada, ra gardner and gardner were already using asl with washoe, a common chimpanzee who arrived for study at 10.
Verkkowashoe is said to have taught loulis signs, representing the first time a primate learned sign language from another chimp instead of a human researcher.