The bonobos were cooperating with a human, something that never occurs in the wild (the animals are pretty unlikely to ever come across food hidden under plastic cups, for that matter).

Humans are adept combiners. As it turns out, so, too, are bonobos. According to a new study in Science, bonobos can combine their calls a lot like humans can, indicating that a hallmark of human ...

Human infants receive up to 400 times more direct vocal communication than baby bonobos and nearly 70 times more than baby ...

Krupenye and co-author Luke Townrow, a Johns Hopkins Ph.D. student, worked with three male bonobos, Nyota, 25; Kanzi, 43; and ...

Bonobos, our evolutionary cousins in the primate family, may be able to use vocal sounds to communicate meaning in a way that had previously only been observed in humans, according to a study ...

An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction. Skip to main content. Scientific American. February 3, 2025. 3 min read.

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

New research on Monday contradicted the commonly held idea that males dominate females among primates, revealing far more ...

The peeps, hoots and grunts of wild bonobos, a species of great ape living in the African rainforest, can convey complex thoughts in a way that mirrors some elements of human language, a new study ...

Great apes – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans – all emit play calls that acoustically resemble human chuckles.

Scientist have discovered that bonobos become more cheerful after they hear other bonobos giggling. Find out more here.

Humans are adept combiners. As it turns out, so, too, are bonobos. According to a new study in Science, bonobos can combine their calls a lot like humans can, indicating that a hallmark of human ...