Researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi imaginary juice and grapes, presenting the tests as a kind of make-believe tea party ...

Past anecdotal observations have hinted that great apes play pretend. But now, experimental research shows that our closest living relatives can keep track of imaginary objects.

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In a playtime experiment, researchers found that our closest living relatives have the capacity for make-believe, too.

Researchers adapted the playbook for studying young children to stage a juice party for Kanzi. They poured imaginary juice ...

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties ...

Researchers adapted the playbook for studying young children to stage a juice party for Kanzi. They poured imaginary juice ...

Kanzi, a bonobo with exceptional language skills, took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities ...

Given that bonobos are endangered in their home of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he added, “My hope is that that kind of ...

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Little kids hosting make-believe tea parties is a fixture of childhood playtime and long presumed to be exclusively a human ...