If an animal was given a human brain transplant, would it be able to speak among other things?

Question

like say you gave an orangutan a human brain with an above average IQ. would he be able to say, hold a steady job? i know this sounds like a ridiculous question but hey.

Answer 1

Of course! We have one in the White House!

Answer 2

A human brain transplant on an animal is quite impossible. Just for the fact of the differences on the sizes of the skulls of humans and animals can overthrow that belief. That cannot also be possible because the system of the arrangement of the nerves in the human's brain is different from animals making it useless to us the brain transplant on animals. Another fact. At the time you remove the brain from someone or something's skull that person would immediately die in just the span of 3 seconds because all the systems will shut down making the heart to stop beating and the other systems to malfunction.

Answer 3

Sadly other animals don't have voice boxes and would be unable to speak unless you fit the brain in a talking bird like a parrot.

Also brain transplants are never going to happen for many reasons.
Physical size difference
Tissue and blood incompatibility
You would not be able to wire the many millions of connections. Even if you knew which nerve connected to where which you don't.
You could not do this quick enough for the brain to survive.

Answer 4

First of all a human brain wouldn't function in another organism, but lets just assume this is science fiction and it does work. First of all the physiological make up of a human and another animal is totally different. When it comes to speaking, another animal has a different kind of tongue and mouth shape so it would be very difficult if not impossible to speak a language that we know. i think it should be possible for the animal to invent its own language though. As for holding a job, well I seriously doubt it!! Then again we do have some animal specimens as heads of state, so you never know!

Answer 5

A human brain isn't necessarily the seat of the faculty of thought. Even if it was, there is a lot more to inhibit certain creatures from expression than merely intelligence. Fine motor skills due to a lack of a good muscular system would also be a hurdle to overcome. How about trying to hold a steady job when all you have is hooves?

Answer 6

it this time we can not do brain transplants
but the ? has lots of hidden?
would an apes mouth mainly the tongue be able to announce ate words
as for hold a job the fingers are probably to large to work a computer
but they would be great lifting and moving things

would u work next to such a creature, man the smell

P.s. it takes a simple a ? to get the ball rolling on great projects

Answer 7

Your question about speech is a good example of the other-than-brain differences between us and other primates.

Humans are unique in the positioning of the larnyx for speech. In our evolution, we developed the voicebox, etc. at the cost of not being able to breathe and swallow at the same time. This makes us much more susceptible to choking than any of our primate cousins. Conversely, a really smart ape could not make the complex sounds needed for intelligible speech. The physical structure for speech is not there.

Answer 8

That is just silly.....what a waste of brain.
But still no, because the muscles in the orangutan is not trained to produce the voice that man do.

Answer 9

I know some people with what I consider less IQ than an orangutan and they can almost speak and go to a job.

Answer 10

The brain would not function in the monkey...we havn't even been able to make a human to human brain transplant yet. But once we did, i don't know. Sounds like an awesome idea though! :)

Answer 11

No. There are physical evolutionary differences between hominids and other animals. Our physiology is adapted towards the use of language: our vocal cords, the bones connecting them, etc. They may be able to bark, meow, hoot, etc with a little more complexity though. :)