Isabel Behncke: Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans
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http://www.ted.com With never-before-seen video, primatologist Isabel Behncke Izquierdo shows how bonobo ape society learns from constantly playing -- solo, with friends, even as a prelude to sex. Indeed, play appears to be the bonobos' key to problem-solving and avoiding conflict. If it works for our close cousins, why not for us?
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March 22, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com With never-before-seen video, primatologist Isabel Behncke Izquierdo shows how bonobo ape society learns from constantly playing -- solo, with friends, even as a prelude to sex. Indeed, play appears to be the bonobos' key to problem-solving and avoiding conflict. If it works fo...
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Susan Savage-Rumbaugh: Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man
February 1, 2004 (over 20 years ago)Susan Savage-Rumbaugh shows the intelligence of the Bonobos, which so closely resemble humans.
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