Bonobo Plays Pretend Like Children, Research Claims
Research suggests that bonobos may possess the ability to use imagination and engage in pretend play, similar to human children.
Study: The roots of imagination extend back at least six million years
Recent research challenges the notion that the ability to imagine and play with nonexistent objects is unique to humans, suggesting that this ability may have originated with a shared ancestor of humans and apes millions of years ago.
Bonobo 'Kanji' Playing House... They Imagine Like Us
Recent research has revealed that bonobos, specifically a bonobo named Kanji, exhibit imaginative play similar to human children, suggesting they have the cognitive ability to understand fictional objects.
Apes also have imagination and play 'at tea time'
Experiments with Kanzi, a bonobo known for learning to communicate with symbols, demonstrate cognitive abilities that were previously thought to be exclusive to humans.
The Bonobo that Plays ‘Little Cups’ with Imaginary Juice: Apes Share Humans' Capacity to Imagine
In a recent experiment, a bonobo successfully identified the location of imaginary juice among empty cups, highlighting the animal's ability to fantasize similar to humans.
'Kanzi', the bonobo that shows with a fictitious juice that the ability to imagine is not exclusively human
A groundbreaking study reveals that the bonobo Kanzi can track non-existent objects like juice and grapes, hinting at a shared evolutionary legacy.
Kanzi, the bonobo who shows that great apes also have imagination
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University explore the imaginative abilities of bonobos, particularly focusing on Kanzi's interaction with imaginary objects.