Early efforts to teach chimpanzees language failed miserably because:

A) their vocal tracts cannot accommodate the sounds used in human language.
B) shaping by approximations was not used.
C) the chimpanzees were not raised by humans.
D) symbolic computer tasks had yet to be developed.


A) their vocal tracts cannot accommodate the sounds used in human language.

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