Hundreds of hours of recordings suggest that the apes can generate meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs. But some ...

Bonobos’ grunts, peeps and whistles may share an advanced linguistic property with human language ...

Bonobos—our closest living relatives—create complex and meaningful combinations of calls resembling the word combinations of ...

Humans are not the only species to combine concepts to build more complex meaning, a new study found. Bonobo chimpanzees ...

Bonobos are our closest living relatives along with chimpanzees, both sharing around 98.8 percent of their DNA with humans.

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Des Moines’ Ape Initiative, as well as scientists and animal lovers around the world, are mourning the loss of Kanzi, the ...

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“Our team is absolutely devasted,” the Facebook post says in part. “We are focused on ensuring Kanzi’s bonobo family members and human caregivers receive the care and support that they need. We ask ...

The Ape Initiative said they're focused on ensuring Kanzi's bonobo family and human caregivers receive the care they need. "We are absolutely devastated," the Ape Initiative wrote on Facebook.

The bonobo Kanzi, who learned to make stone tools, play Minecraft and communicate at the level of a 2-year-old human, has died. Comments ( 0 ) ( ) When you purchase through links on our site, we ...