In Cincuentopia we are accustomed to tell stories that have to do with human beings. But this time we make an exception. We will tell the story of the chimpanzee Washoe, considered the first non-human living being who was able to learn to communicate through a sign language. His activity moved the foundations of science.
Washoe (1965-2007), a female chimpanzee, was part of an experiment that investigated the way of language acquisition in animals from the language known by the acronym ASL (American Sign Language), used by the deaf-mutes of that country
