Scientists wondered whether Kanzi had the capacity to play pretend – that is, act like something is real while knowing it's ...

Researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi imaginary juice and grapes, presenting the tests as a kind of make-believe tea party ...

In a playtime experiment, scientists found that apes, our closest living relatives, have the capacity for make-believe, too.

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

Apes can use imaginary objects in the same way as human children, new research suggests. A series of tea party-like ...

The findings indicate that bonobos—or at least that Kanzi had—have the capacity to imagine, says Christopher Krupenye, an ...

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties ...

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

Researchers set up a series of tea party-like experiments with Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who had provided decades ...

Past anecdotal observations have hinted that great apes play pretend. But now, experimental research shows that our closest living relatives can keep track of imaginary objects.