Primate Videos

Bonobo
(previously known as the Pygmy Chimpanzee)
Pan paniscus

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.



THE LAST GREAT APE
An expedition into the Congo examines one of our closest living relatives, the peace-loving bonobo.

 

Western Lowland Gorillas

Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Two silverback male gorillas square off in the wild in a test of dominance. (National Geographic)


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