In the 1990s, archaeologists Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick from Indiana University worked closely with Kanzi, teaching him how to make and use ... along with Quest for Fire and Greystoke: The ...

In this audio slide show, meet Kanzi, the Trust's alpha male, who has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to communicate on our terms.—Rima Chaddha ...

Beyond his language skills, Kanzi showed off his ability to make and use stone tools, earning him the epithet "bonobo genius." He was then taught to build a fire and cook food, demonstrating his ...

"Once, Savage-Rumbaugh says, on an outing in a forest by the Georgia State University laboratory where he was raised, Kanzi touched the symbols for"marshmallow"and"fire."Given matches and ...

In an exclusive partnership with Ape Initiative, Wildstar Films has begun production on Kanzi: The Ape That Could Talk, a documentary telling the story of Kanzi, a bonobo who was taught to “speak” ...

In addition to linguistic abilities, Kanzi demonstrated skills in making and using stone tools. For this, he was called the "bonobo genius". He knew how to make fire, cook food, and also mastered ...

Few apes have done more to unsettle human certainties than Kanzi the bonobo ... and string ideas together to make novel expressions. In one famous episode, startled by a beaver, he combined ...

Kanzi requests more frozen grapes ... impacts on the lives of the bonobos that he helped raise and helped really make into individuals,” Skiba said. “And he will continue to inspire people ...

There was a genius named Kanzi, a male bonobo, a species of great ape distinct from gorillas and chimpanzees. Born in 1980, he was raised in research facilities in the United States. While living ...