A bonobo demonstrated the ability to track imaginary objects in controlled tests, challenging the belief that imagination is uniquely human and hinting at deep evolutionary roots. In a set of ...

For a long time, imagination was considered a human endeavor. When we’re children, we invent invisible friends and turn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bonobos are seen during the reopening of Cologne's zoo during the coronavirus crisis on May 5, 2020 in Cologne, Germany. - Jörg ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Few apes have done more to unsettle human certainties than Kanzi the bonobo. He wasn’t the first nonhuman primate to use symbols to communicate, ...

Bonobos – our closest living relatives – create complex and meaningful combinations of calls resembling the word combinations of humans. This study, conducted by researchers at the University of ...

An international research team, including VUB data scientist Yannick Jadoul, has shed new light on the rhythmic nature of sexual behavior in bonobos. By precisely analyzing the tempo of movements ...

(CNN) — Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not ...