Kanzi, a 43-year-old bonobo living at Ape Initiative, who had been anecdotally reported to engage in pretense and could respond to verbal prompts by pointing. (Ape Initiative via SWNS)
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A series of tea party-like experiments are the first study to show the capacity to pretend is not unique to mankind. (Ape Initiative via SWNS)
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