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Dr. Francine Neago is a [[Primatology|primatologist]] and [[Conservation biology|conservationist]] specializing in orangutans. In addition to her internationally televised films about orangutans she has published several scientific papers in the Journal of [[Primatology]] ([[New York]]). In 2006 she co-authored a book on humans raising an orphaned orangutan [http://www.uturatpublishing.com/orangutan-loving-home.htm].

Dr. Francine Neago is a Primatologist[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primatology] and Conservationist[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_biology] specializing in orangutans. In addition to her internationally televised films about orangutans she has published several scientific papers in the Journal of [[Primatology]] ([[New York]]). In 2006 she co-authored a book on humans raising an orphaned orangutan [http://www.uturatpublishing.com/orangutan-loving-home.htm].

While at [[UCLA]] between [[1978]] and [[1989]] she developed a [[computer]] system in conjunction with [[IBM]] later used by the [[Conservation_and_Research_Center|Smithsonian National Zoo]] to teach language to orangutans [http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ThinkTank/ResearchProjects/OLP/default.cfm], and organized and directed the world's first [[orangutan]] [[language]] study. With the aid of a computer, she taught an [[ape]] named Bulan [[English language]] arts, [[sign language]] and a method she devised for spelling in a [[phonetic alphabet]]. [[Encyclopedia Britannica]] first listed her language program in [[1988]] [http://www.orangutanlanguage.com/cv.html].

While at [[UCLA]] between [[1978]] and [[1989]] she developed a [[computer]] system in conjunction with [[IBM]] later used by the [[Conservation_and_Research_Center|Smithsonian National Zoo]] to teach language to orangutans [http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ThinkTank/ResearchProjects/OLP/default.cfm], and organized and directed the world's first [[orangutan]] [[language]] study. With the aid of a computer, she taught an [[ape]] named Bulan [[English language]] arts, [[sign language]] and a method she devised for spelling in a [[phonetic alphabet]]. [[Encyclopedia Britannica]] first listed her language program in [[1988]] [http://www.orangutanlanguage.com/cv.html].