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An ape in the wild laughs.

15-million-year-old laughter: Humans and apes share a common rhythm

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Researchers compared the timing of laughter bursts in four living species of great apes and in children. Laughter following tickling was particularly rhythmic in all groups, but in humans it was rapid, variable
Tupac, a young male bonobo scratching his head. Credit: Lucas Bierhoff, Bonobo Research Project at Kokulofori.

Bonobo speaks in sentences: New study challenges the uniqueness of human language

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Joint research from the University of Zurich and Harvard reveals that bonobos use meaningful vocal combinations, suggesting deep evolutionary roots for language
A pair of bonobo monkeys in the wild. Photo: shutterstock

The bonobo: the 'forgotten ape' threatened by human activity and forest loss in war-torn Congo

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A chimpanzee is sullen and disappointed with Charles Darwin. From the book "The Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)

Scientists have reconstructed the evolutionary history of great apes in the last 15 million years

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Kenzi the bonobo makes stone tools. Photo: Elizabeth Rubert-Pugh - Great Ape Trust of Iowa/Bonobo Hope Sanctuary

Bonobos were able to communicate complex messages and use tools

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Bonobo monkey - full-grown cub. From Wikipedia

Peter Pan syndrome in great apes

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

American researchers: we found a bonobo chimpanzee that may have learned to talk

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