People have been left in awe of a man who spent weeks studying how bonobos communicate and managed to mimic their behaviors ...

Another famous first word by an ape came from Kanzi, a bonobo born at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in 1980, then moved to the Language Research Center at Georgia State University. A ...

In July 2023, Kanzi the bonobo at the Ape Cognition and Conservation Institute in Iowa, USA. Kanzi was capable of tool-making and language use./Courtesy of Ape Cognition and Conservation Institute ...

It was Kanzi, lingering on the periphery of the lesson, who cracked the code. He went on to master more than 300 symbols, understand thousands of spoken English words, and string ideas together to ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of ...