The study provides clear evidence that apes can intuit another's ignorance, a trait once thought uniquely human.

World Bonobo Day highlights the urgent need to protect bonobos from habitat destruction, poaching, and deforestation.

Now researchers have convincing evidence that bonobos really can read human minds and ... rather than to alert others. The ...

If, however, the bonobo had witnessed the grape placement taking place without Townrow’s knowledge, he would quickly point to the correct cup. Apes point out hidden treats only when humans are ...

Because bonobos are brainiacs, pinpointing the cup with the treat should have been no sweat. But there was a wrinkle: the apes were relying on a human, not another member of their own species ...

A recent experiment found that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and will often step in to help a human out. Host Marco Werman spoke with Chris Krupenye, an evolutionary cognitive ...

The study involved three male bonobos, all living at an education nonprofit called the Ape Initiative. During each experimental trial, Townrow sat across from one bonobo, who was in an enclosure ...

To investigate this, Townrow and Christopher Krupenye, also at Johns Hopkins University, tested if three male bonobos at the Ape Initiative research centre in Iowa could identify ignorance in ...

Krupenye and co-author Luke Townrow, a Johns Hopkins Ph.D. student, worked with three male bonobos, Nyota, 25; Kanzi, 43; and Teco, 13, all living at Ape Initiative, a research and education ...