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Friday, January 7, 2011

Border Collie knows over 1,000 words (reported in the Toronto Star)

Article: Border Collie knows over 1,000 words.

This opens up all sorts of possibilities for research into the language capabilities of dogs. Humans' belief in the uniqueness of their language skills feeds into their sense of superiority over other animals. However, many primates share these skills to some degree, and recent research strongly suggests Neanderthals had it too.

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