chimpanzees

Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties, chimpanzees think rationally: why apes are more like us than we think

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Experiment showing that Kanzi interacts with pretend objects by identifying glasses containing

CLeah’s plastic cups and pitcher were displayed on a wooden table in Des Moines, Iowa. Invisible juice was poured and presented to Kanzi. Kanzi eagerly picked out a fake filled cup while playing with the visiting man. In many ways, it was a typical scene from a child’s imaginary tea party. Kanji, 44, was the … Read more

How a group of chimpanzees started a ‘civil war’ in a once-close-knit community | CNN

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In 2015, Ngogo chimpanzees wince when they hear the voices of other chimpanzees, reassuring each other.

Aaron Sandel can pinpoint exactly when it all started. On June 24, 2015, the co-director of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project was observing a herd of great apes in Uganda’s Kibale National Park, where the project is based, when he suddenly noticed that the chimpanzees were silent. Some of the people started frowning, their expressions showing … Read more