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NOVA

Season 1 · Episode 10

The First Signs Of Washoe

0.055mMay 5, 1974

Washoe is a chimp more like a person: she talks with her hands. NOVA visits with Washoe and her teachers—Professor Allen Gardner and Dr. Trixie Gardner—to learn more about this unusual animal.

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Episodes

Episode 1The Making Of A Natural History Film
Episode 2Where Did the Colorado Go?
Episode 3Whales, Dolphins, and Men
Episode 4The Search For Life
Episode 5Last of the Cuiva
Episode 6Strange Sleep
Episode 7The Crab Nebula
Episode 8Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation
Episode 9Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?
Episode 10The First Signs Of Washoe
Episode 11The Case of the Midwife Toad
Episode 12Fusion: The Energy of Promise
Episode 13The Mystery Of The Anasazi