Language
This famous bonobo knows over 3000 English words
Kanzi
This friendly gesture can only be seen between two bonobos (and not chimpanzees) over food
Sharing
This bonobo-made contraption keeps them dry in the rain
Leaf umbrellas/rain hats
This trait gave bonobos the title of “make love not war” ape
They resolve conflict through sexual behavior
This endangered species is the focus of the non-profit research facility Ape Initiative
The Bonobo
This gestural behavior Kanzi and his fellow bonobos exhibited once thought to be restricted to orangutans and gorillas
Pointing
This behavior to a bonobo means, “give me this food in your mouth”
Stroking the mouth
Bonobo Kanzi likes to roast this snack over an open fire
Marshmallows
This hypothesis explains why bonobos prefer individuals that hinder
Dominance hypothesis
The Ape Initiative was founded this year
2013
The name of the mother of arguably the most famous bonobo
Matea
The human brain is roughly this many times larger than a bonobo brain
3
Female bonobos almost exclusively have been observed to use this technique
Digging
This quality makes bonobos and humans unique in comparison to other primates
Females engage in sexual activity outside of ovulation period
The famous bonobo that calls the Ape Initiative facility home
Kanzi
These two compound words were used in succession to describe a flood by Kanzi
Big + water
This colored substance in the brain indicates increased complexity
Grey matter
Kanzi uses this technique to make stone tools
Direct Percussion
This expression explains the emergence of prosocial behaviors
Self domestication Hypothesis
The Ape Initiative focuses on this kind of outreach
Educational material for ages K-12
This type of sentence structure caused Kanzi some trouble and caused his success rate to fall from 71.5% to 22.2%
Nested sentences
This year the bonobo was successfully raised to species status
1933
Speculation of the difference between chimp and bonobo tool use (intrinsic or extrinsic)
Intrinsic
In the prosociality experiment, these 3 factors were suggested but dismissed when explaining the bonobo’s voluntary preference to share food
Aggression, kinship, reciprocation
15,000 to 20,000