Answer:
The first researcher to encounter a feral child was Friedrich Gose in 1869. He was working at a hospital in Germany when he was tasked with assessing a boy who had been discovered in a forest with no human contact. Gose’s perspective of the case was that the boy, who was 10 years old, was completely without language. He ruled out the possibility that the boy’s behavior was caused by cognitive impairment or an intellectual disability.
