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Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humans

The Guardian 03 Apr 2025
Bonobos use a combination of calls to encourage peace with their partner during mating ...
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In the Calls of Bonobos, Scientists Hear Hints of Language

New York Times 03 Apr 2025
Hundreds of hours of recordings suggest that the apes can generate meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs. But some scholars are skeptical ... .
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Hoots and grunts from bonobos show signs of complex communication, researchers say

NBC News 03 Apr 2025
The peeps, hoots and grunts of wild bonobos, a species of great ape living in the African rainforest, can convey complex thoughts in a way that mirrors some elements of human language, a new study suggests ... .
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Bonobos Combine Calls in Similar Ways to Human Language (University of Zürich)

Public Technologies 03 Apr 2025
) Home All articles 03.04.2025 Language evolution Bonobos - our closest living relatives - create complex and meaningful combinations of calls ...
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Bonobo Calls Are More like Human Language Than We Thought

Scientific American 03 Apr 2025
Bonobos’ grunts, peeps and whistles may share an advanced linguistic property with human language ... .
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Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen

Ars Technica 03 Apr 2025
Bonobos, great apes related to us and chimpanzees that live in the Republic of Congo, communicate with vocal calls including peeps, hoots, yelps, grunts, and whistles ... Berthet and her colleagues wanted to apply the same trick to bonobos’ calls.
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Scientists Listened To Bonobo Calls And Found Remarkable Similarities With Human Language

IFL Science 03 Apr 2025
The hoots and whistles of bonobos may seem like simple, wild calls, but a closer listen reveals that their communication shares more structural similarities with human language than once thought ... Martin Surbeck/Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project.
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Chimp relatives use humanlike grammar, study finds

The Hill 03 Apr 2025
Bonobo chimpanzees combine calls in a manner similar to how humans structure words to make phrases and sentences, according to findings published on Thursday in the journal Science ... of bonobo calls.
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Baby Bonobo's Cozy Cuddles with Mom at Cincinnati Zoo Are Full of Sweetness

AOL 02 Apr 2025
There’s nothing like a little cuddle time with mom! Just take it from a baby Bonobo at the Cincinnati Zoo who was caught snuggling with her mama ... She lives for it! Which is why the Bonobo was caught curled up at her mama’s side in their enclosure.
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Hear Kamasi Washington, Floating Points, & Bonobo’s Songs From New Anime Series Lazarus

Stereogum 27 Mar 2025
Bonobo enlisted the singer Jacob Lusk on vocals for the dreamy “Dark Will Fall,” while the Floating Points track “Dexion” is wordless and dancey.
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Famous bonobo Kanzi, known for smarts & gaming, dies at age 44

Mongabay 27 Mar 2025
Kanzi, the world’s most celebrated bonobo who learned to communicate and play Minecraft with humans, died last week in Iowa, U.S., at the age of 44 ... 18 at its facility surrounded by his bonobo family.
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Kanzi the Bonobo, Who Learned Language and Made Stone Tools, Dies at Age 44

Scientific American 21 Mar 2025
What we learned about ape and human cognition from Kanzi the bonobo, who died this week ... .
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RIP Kanzi, the Bonobo Who Mastered Language and Minecraft

Gizmodo 21 Mar 2025
The famous ape reportedly knew thousands of words, loved Clint Eastwood movies, and was a big fan of video games ....
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RIP Kanzi, The "Talking" Bonobo Who Understood Human Language

IFL Science 21 Mar 2025
Kanzi the bonobo – who was able to communicate complex ideas using symbols – died suddenly on March 18 at the Ape Conservation and Cognition Initiative (ACCI) research center in Des Moines, Iowa.
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