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Male Bonobos, Close Human Relatives Long Thought to Be Peaceful, Are Actually Quite Aggressive, Study SuggestsThe field assistants said, ‘This is an aggression.’ And I was like, ‘Wait, where is the peaceful bonobo in this?’” Mouginot ...
World Bonobo Day highlights the urgent need to protect bonobos from habitat destruction, poaching, and deforestation.
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When Bonobos Know What You Don’t, They’ll Tell You. It’s a Sign of a Cognitive Ability Called ‘Theory of Mind’A first-of-its-kind study suggests bonobos, like humans, can understand someone else’s lack of knowledge—and adjust their ...
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Bonobos, the ‘hippy apes’, may not be as peaceful as once thoughtSuddenly the calm was shattered by shrieks as one bonobo chased another from the same group in an act of wild aggression. “You can feel the violence,” she recalls. “One is really unhappy ...
An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction ...
But the bonobo’s behavior in the wild has been harder to know, and Takayoshi Kano, operating out of the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, was among the first scientists aspiring to ...
Some great apes realize when a human partner doesn’t know something and are capable of communicating information to them to ...
The bonobo, named Teco, who tended to point at the food a lot in all circumstances, also reminded us of another caution: ...
People are constantly looking at the behavior of others and coming up with ideas about ... During each experimental trial, ...
People are constantly looking at the behavior of others and coming up with ... During each experimental trial, Townrow sat across from one bonobo, who was in an enclosure, but looking through ...
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