In a new research paper published in Science, cognitive scientists from Johns Hopkins University reported on a bonobo’s ...

The ability to imagine — to play pretend — has long been thought to be unique to humans. A new study suggests one of our closest living relatives can do it too.

Former President Barack Obama has responded after President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video on social media ...

In a playtime experiment, researchers found that our closest living relatives have the capacity for make-believe, too.

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties? The cups are empty, the teapot is dry, yet the air is thick with the ...

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrate for the first time that apes can ...

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery ...

Apes share the human ability to imagine and pretend, suggests new research that included a series of tea party experiments.

A bonobo demonstrated the ability to track imaginary objects in controlled tests, challenging the belief that imagination is uniquely human and hinting at deep evolutionary roots. In a set of ...

Republicans suddenly seemed shocked that President Trump is capable of racism after he posted a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes Thursday night. On Friday morning, longest-serving ...

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

Amalia Bastos first met Kanzi the bonobo in 2023. Bastos was “starstruck,” she recalls: Kanzi was famous for learning how to ...