Humans aren't the only species that can pretend, a study shows. Scientists offered a bonobo imaginary juice and grapes in a ...

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

Little kids hosting make-believe tea parties is a fixture of childhood playtime and long presumed to be exclusively a human ...

A new experiment hints that an ape may be able to play pretend like humans do. Scientists studied a bonobo named Kanzi who was raised in captivity and became a whiz at communicating with humans using ...

Apes, like humans, are capable of pretend play, challenging long-held views about how animals think, a new study suggests.

In the first demonstration of pretend play in a non-human, the ape favoured a cup filled with imaginary juice over one with ...

Given that bonobos are endangered in their home of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he added, “My hope is that that kind of ...

Kanzi, a bonobo with exceptional language skills, took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities ...