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Kanzi the bonobo could play pretend — a trait thought unique to humans

Past anecdotal observations have hinted that great apes play pretend. But now, experimental research shows that our closest ...
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New study shows that humans aren't the only species that can 'play pretend'

At a pretend tea party, a bonobo named Kanzi did something so unexpected that it’s reshaping how scientists think about ...

Scientists say bonobos can play make-believe

Scientists tested a bonobo called Kanzi and found evidence he could understand pretend objects, suggesting imagination may ...

Can bonobos use their imagination?

Researchers set up a series of tea party-like experiments with Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who had provided decades ...
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Chimp relatives use humanlike grammar, study finds

Humans are not the only species to combine concepts to build more complex meaning, a new study found. Bonobo chimpanzees combine calls in a manner similar to how humans structure words to make ...