Abstract: This paper presents a modified bonobo optimizer (MBO) that integrates the Gaussian local mutation, restart strategy, and random contraction strategy into the original bonobo optimizer (BO).

Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo, identified and tracked pretend objects across tea party-like experiments, marking the first controlled demonstration of imagination in a nonhuman animal In three ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The bonobo exhibit at the Memphis Zoo is closed for repairs after a male bonobo shattered a layer of safety glass during an interaction with a group of teenage visitors. The ...

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. Credit: Ape Initiative A bonobo ...

Our ability to imagine is part of what makes us who we are—not just as individuals, but also as humans. It turns out, though, that we may not be the only species capable of playing pretend. In a ...

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...