A new study shows a bonobo can track pretend juice and grapes, suggesting apes also have imagination, not only humans.

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

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.

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It is time, once again, for our science news roundup from Short Wave. That is NPR's science podcast. Reporting this time, Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson. Welcome, you two. RACHEL CARLSON, BYLINE: ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) For decades, many scholars have argued that the difference stems from our ability to ...