A cooperation experiment shows for the first time that animals, as well as people, are capable of communicating new ...

A first-of-its-kind study suggests bonobos, like humans, can understand someone else’s lack of knowledge—and adjust their ...

The bonobos eagerly pointed out treats to humans who didn’t know where they were, but when humans had watched the treats ...

Apes don’t just act on instinct—they recognize when someone lacks information and actively help them out! In a controlled ...

Kanzi, another bonobo involved in the research - Ape Initiative/Johns ... explaining that the study builds on previous ...

An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction ...

To get treats, apes eagerly pointed them out to humans who didn't know where they were, a seemingly simple experiment that ...

Kanzi, another bonobo involved in the research - Ape Initiative ... explaining that the study builds on previous research into theory of mind in chimpanzees. Next, the team plans to explore ...

Kanzi and Teco at the research institute Ape Initiative in Iowa. For their study, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a bonobo would watch someone ...

To get treats, apes eagerly pointed them out to humans who didn't know where they were, a seemingly simple experiment that demonstrated for the first time that apes will communicate unknown ...

Krupenye and co-author Luke Townrow, a Johns Hopkins Ph.D. student, worked with three male bonobos, Nyota, 25; Kanzi, 43 ... each other across a table. The bonobo would watch as a second person ...

Researchers have convincing evidence that bonobos really can read human minds and use the knowledge to communicate in order ...