Name: The gentle genius of bonobos
Uploaded: 2007-04-05T00:11:00Z
Duration: 17 min 11 s
Description: Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology -- and how much by cultural exposure.

Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology -- and how much by cultural exposure.

Susan Savage-Rumbaugh: The gentle genius of bonobos

The gentle genius of bonobos

Bonobos, showcasing remarkable adaptability, learn to make fire and tools, challenging the boundary between human and animal intelligence.

Bonobos demonstrate intricate social skills, using sex for communication and conflict resolution, redefining primate behaviors.

In a bi-species culture, Bonobos and humans share tools and language, challenging the notion that culture is uniquely human.