Gua (chimpanzee)
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Gua was a chimpanzee
raised as though it were a human child by scientists Luella and Winthrop Kellogg
alongside their infant son Donald. Gua and Donald were raised as brother and sister. In tests Gua often tested ahead of Donald in reading and understanding. Slight differences in their placement included people recognition. Gua recognized people from their clothes and their smell while Donald recognized them by their faces.
The parting difference came with language. Donald was about 16 months and Gua was a little over a year old when they had language testing. Gua could not speak, but Donald could form words. When Donald began to copy Gua's sounds the experiment ended. On March 28, 1932, nine months into it the Kelloggs officially ended the experiment. Gua was returned to the primate center with Robert Yerkes
in Florida
.
Pierre Abreu gave Gua along with her mother, Pati, and her father Jack, to the old Orange Park, Florida
location of the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center on May 13, 1931 after the death of his mother, Madame Rosalia Abreu.
Gua died of pneumonia. She just turned 3. She died less than a year after her human stepbrother Donald Agger Kellogg and her were separated. Mr. Kellogg would later commit suicide in 1972.
coming from the archives of Emory University
, Wesleyan University
, Kellogg University and other institutions continue to memorialize Gua
, her short life, and her contribution to Psychology.
Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee, sometimes colloquially chimp, is the common name for the two extant species of ape in the genus Pan. The Congo River forms the boundary between the native habitat of the two species:...
raised as though it were a human child by scientists Luella and Winthrop Kellogg
Winthrop Kellogg
Winthrop Niles Kellogg was a psychologist best known for writing the study "The Ape and The Child", Hafner Publishing Company New York and London, 1967. He received his doctorate in psychology from Columbia University...
alongside their infant son Donald. Gua and Donald were raised as brother and sister. In tests Gua often tested ahead of Donald in reading and understanding. Slight differences in their placement included people recognition. Gua recognized people from their clothes and their smell while Donald recognized them by their faces.
The parting difference came with language. Donald was about 16 months and Gua was a little over a year old when they had language testing. Gua could not speak, but Donald could form words. When Donald began to copy Gua's sounds the experiment ended. On March 28, 1932, nine months into it the Kelloggs officially ended the experiment. Gua was returned to the primate center with Robert Yerkes
Robert Yerkes
Robert Mearns Yerkes was an American psychologist, ethologist, and primatologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology....
in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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Birth
November 15, 1930 in Havana, CubaPierre Abreu gave Gua along with her mother, Pati, and her father Jack, to the old Orange Park, Florida
Orange Park, Florida
Orange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, USA, and a suburb of Jacksonville. The population was 8,412 at the 2010 census. The name "Orange Park" is additionally applied to a wider area of northern Clay County outside the town limits, covering such communities as Fleming Island, Lakeside, and...
location of the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center on May 13, 1931 after the death of his mother, Madame Rosalia Abreu.
Death
December 21, 1933Gua died of pneumonia. She just turned 3. She died less than a year after her human stepbrother Donald Agger Kellogg and her were separated. Mr. Kellogg would later commit suicide in 1972.
Trivia
Gua was the first chimpanzee to be used in a cross-rearing study in the US. Brought into the Kellogg home at the age of 7 1/2 months, Gua was reared with their son Donald, who was 10 months old at time. For nine months the Kelloggs comprehensively recorded the development of the chimpanzee and the human child. After nine months, Gua was returned to the lab where she did experimental work with Ada Yerkes, Robert Yerkes wife, and the Kelloggs returned to Indiana. Many videos posted in YoutubeYouTube
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coming from the archives of Emory University
Emory University
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, Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
, Kellogg University and other institutions continue to memorialize Gua
Gua
Gua is a census town in Pashchimi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is a mining township situated in the Chotanagpur Plateau. The mines are operated by the Steel Authority of India Limited and are linked to IISCO at Burnpur....
, her short life, and her contribution to Psychology.
Further resources
- W.N. Kellogg and L.A. Kellogg (1933) The Ape and The Child: A Comparative Study of the Environmental Influence Upon Early Behavior, Hafner Publishing Co., New York and London.
- "Who's Aping," National Geographic Channel