plural bonobos
: a rare anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus) that has a more slender build and longer limbs than the related common chimpanzee (P. troglodytes) and that inhabits a small geographic region in equatorial Africa south of the Congo River
called also pygmy chimpanzee
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That person has to identify the right cup, then give the treat under it to the bonobo.
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Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
Theory of mind has previously been considered unique to humans, but the study shows that bonobos share this capability.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
The team aspires to tease this question out with future work on bonobos.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2025
The bonobo is a primate closely related to chimpanzees.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
Theory of mind has previously been considered unique to humans, but the study shows that bonobos share this capability.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
The team aspires to tease this question out with future work on bonobos.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2025
The bonobo is a primate closely related to chimpanzees.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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bonobo
noun
bo·no·bo
bə-ˈnō-bō; ˈbä-nə-bō 
-nō-
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: a rare anthropoid ape of the genus Pan (P. paniscus) that has a more slender build and longer limbs than the related common chimpanzee (P. troglodytes)
called also pygmy chimpanzee
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