Consider how subtle human aggression can be ... has been an impassable barrier between bonobos and their ape kin. Chimps and gorillas live only on the right bank, bonobos only on the left.

Given her experience, Savage-Rumbaugh believes the cognitive gap between humans and bonobos is small enough that we can bridge it and form meaningful relationships with our great ape relatives.

What would it be like to converse with a bonobo ... Great Ape Trust of Iowa, these apes cannot only understand language, but some of them can convey their thoughts and feelings to humans and ...

Bonobos are the non-human primates with the most extensive vocal repertoire Our primate cousins have surprised and impressed scientists in recent years, with revelations about monkeys' tool-using ...

By quantifying the differences between these groups, the research team found that they can be as different from one another as the most closely-related chimpanzee subspecies. Bonobos, commonly seen as ...