Loose bonobosThey are still a mystery for science. We know that they are very intelligent because they use tools, work together to help, maintain intense relationships and live in societies where the alliance between women makes them powerful. But perhaps the most intriguing and exciting is his intense emotional life.
For animals that we live in society, the rapid detection of the emotional state of the people around us is fundamental. If there are coherence and narrow tires among the members, the opportunities on the chances of survival of a group group increase. This is just as true for a chimpanzees community as for a modern organization.
Knowing how others feel is useful to adapt. This is of great importance for primates such as us, and also other mammals such as cetaceans, some birds or elephants, which we live in communities where we We make friends and create long -term relationships, even for a lifetime.
A study concludes that bonobos are able to communicate with people and to work as a team
Withdrawing the ignorance of another is a capacity that was assumed by man, but a new study presents proof against. People We share more than 98% of the genetic code with the BonobosSo it would not seem strange that we have common behavior. This can lead to us if they are the primates together with the chimpanzees’Smarter ‘.
Intelligence It is not a matter of quantity, but of quality and knowing why. «Really each of us has characteristics that make it more adjusted, to be more suitable to develop certain activities in each of our environments. I believe that talking about more or less intelligent … or that has a larger or lesser capacity, it would not be sufficient without knowing the context, ”explains biologist Ana Fidalgo, ethologist and president of the Primatological Association of Spain.
The ‘incredible’ bonobos
Thanks to the experiments you have done The Monkey Protection Center Monkey initiative The Iowa, In the United States now, We know that Loose Bonobos would have the opportunity to identify ignorance With other individuals. In particular, if that person knows where or not, is a certain object.
The researchers The Donsconspande Cys Christ is clean. The most important author of the studythey have taken Three Bonobos of different ages: Star (25), Kanzi (43) Y Teco (13).
They carried out the experiment in different phases, so that the primates would first become familiar with the materials used, three glasses and a grape as a reward. As soon as the bonobes understood that the fruit would be given by one of the people, after formulating the question.
Where is the grape?
They tried to place the grape under the glass with Chrisopher Krupenye who looked at the process in the first case and without seeing it in the second case. By doing this, they have verified that the bonobosIn the latter case, they pointed out where the grape was and saw that Krupenye did not know.
In the experiment, the expert clarifies that «It is not a function that has been unique in the BonobosAlthough it was one of the last experiments. Oh well, They can make decisions, plan, implement strategies […] It facilitates social relationships and the good behavior of the group in general, as well as the benefit of each of them«. Communication and understanding – the expert adds – facilitates conflict solution in a community, either between people or between bonobos.