Susan Savage-Rumbaugh: The gentle genius of bonobos

[@DreamsCatcher101]

Seen this twice now and it gets more amazing each time i realize something i didn't the first time. My fav part right now is when the little baby near the end wanted picking up and just stood there with he's arm out, just like my 5 year old. Amazing speech.

[@thomastang9448]

Thank you Dr Susan Savage-Rumbaugh for showing our cousins, Bonohos, we all can learn the peaceful living of the Bonohos and protect our cousins with all means.

[@harmoneypeters]

Bonohos lol 😂

[@fabiano8888]

@@harmoneypeters A bonobo probably would have understood the physical proximity of the letter h and b which caused the accidentally misspell in the keyword and didn't find it funny at all.

[@spriteofbones]

What gets to me, is the way some mouvements appear to be so human like. When he breaks the wood sticks with the help of his foot... man that's so close to what we'd do in that very position... This is bringing tears to my eyes...

[@ta2joe13]

kanzi is totally amazing every time i see him doing things it just blows my mind !!

[@fancysfolly554]

That was so cute when the baby ran up and grabbed that harmonica and looked in his mothers mouth and looked at the harmonic...😊 all babies are alike in such endearing ways...I could see my son doing that as a toddler...❤️

[@bjarturdc]

Mindblowing! Seeing that first Bonobo walk upright sent chills down my spine. So human-like, or maybe we're just so Bonobo-like.

[@annettes1432]

Thats what I thought as well.

[@Cheetopuff0999]

Raccoons can walk upright too.

[@mariag4166]

I watched this video after a lesson we had in Comparative Psychology yesterday. We talked about animal altruism and Bonobos were the first to be mentioned. I hope one day I'll have the chance to meet a Bonobo. This is an excellent video!

[@CSGProductions13]

HELLO MY PSYCHOLOGY CLASS! vote this up so when we watch it in psychology we see this.

[@antoniowrobel7158]

everybody gangsta until banobo starts driving golf cart

[@differous01]

10:30 ff "these are the rocks Kanzi used..." Doesn't that raise the question of whether the pre-historic human tools are necessarily human?

[@teledynepost]

+differous01 humans were not the first hominid to use tools...

[@eromonsele1521]

the bonobo and humans share a same ancestor therefore their ancestor was the first to use tools

[@MezztovenShort4DannY]

differous01 pre historic?? Maybe pre flood..

[@jonatan01i]

@@MezztovenShort4DannY xd

[@MezztovenShort4DannY]

differous01 I was saying it was probably pre-flood tools not prehistoric

[@nyckillaheat]

This is amazing!!!!! They can comprehend what they are doing. And they can walk up straight. and use there thumbs and scissors I know they can do a-lot more than what they show in this video.

[@cleon24769]

That harmonica and piano doodling's better than half the stuff on the radio today. The Bonobos should start a band!

[@yaier5]

this is absolutely mind altering!! this changes everything weve ever known about who we are.

[@maroal24]

Ok seriously Bonobos should not be allowed to watch "planet of the apes movies" cause new idea's will start popping into their heads.

[@ximono]

Just don't show it to the chimps and we'll be fine :)

[@MezztovenShort4DannY]

Ranger alpha 😀😀😀

[@jaysethna3942]

That's hilarious, I'm trying to start a page on facebook for Panbanisha and Kanzi. Here's a link if you're interested. facebook.com/panbanisha.kanzi

[@jonkeevose498]

right

[@annettes1432]

Thanks a lot for this video! I didnt know how smart Bonobos are.

[@mapscannotcontainme]

One of the best TED talks, hands down.

[@DreableNeebal10]

I wish people would put more work and research to communicate with Bonobos. I mean if you've seen the video explaining that he is talking, but he just can't say the consonants. Now I know this is almost impossible, but what if we could create a language with only vowels to communicate verbally with the Bonobos? Maybe using different combination of vowles and how long to lay the vowels. Ex: ae = no / ea = yes / eaa(ea + a) = Maybe. Please let me know what you guys think of this Idea. Is it good?

[@Leukick]

Have you seen the gorilla (Coco--I think) that can speak sign language? It's amazing to be able to see what an animal, a gorilla, has to say, and the things she asks for. You comment 5 months ago, so maybe this doesn't matter much to you anymore lol, but I thought I'd tell you just in case

[@DreableNeebal10]

Oh it matters! And yes I have seen Koko. She's a beautiful and intelligent ape. I almost consider them humans. At least as far as their rights should go(I.e. NOT thrown in labs and letting their children die in the jungle/forest/Savannah).

[@Leukick]

DreableNeebal10 True. Cool, I agree, nice to hear from you

[@differous01]

DreableNeebal10 5:36 ff when she says "sticks" the bonobo seems to understand. Amazing. Many species have distinct calls for different threats, like prairie dogs which use hamonics we need technology to detect. Also Humpback whales, Orcas and other dolphins use sounds which serve as names and instructions for pod members when working in coordination. Hypothetically this may be relevant in bonobo study because there is no reason to suppose they all use the same sounds; different Orca pods develop their own 'language'. What does seem universal is their inflection on the scream, somehow it 'feel', to me, like an expression of pleasure rather than alarm. In human languistic terms it carries a 'phatic' rather than 'emphatic' meaning. Can anyone else detect what I'm hearing?

[@hex8787]

Kanzi tried to teach a baby Bono my mimicking movements her instructor was speaking.

[@yolyd]

Yes, we are all special, even if we are all animals. Humans need to learn to appreciate and respect other species.

[@gophergun]

Seconded, as I was watching, I thought, "I can't think of better evidence for evolution than this video right here."

[@mightysheev3511]

@system geo evolutions takes 10000s of years

[@search895]

@system geo Evolution is not a finalist process. It is not centered in becoming human. It is about surviving. Any species or traits that can make it to survive through generations prevail. And because there is not just one way of surviving, different yet similar species can prevail. Also it takes thousand and millions of years to create deep changes.

[@williams.vincent4235]

This confirms I think just how much the vast majority of behaviours are learned and are not instinctive

[@dholmain29]

Wow that's really interesting how intelligent Bonobos are! Wow!

[@may_laytrucker3127]

Good to see you Dr sue , Thank you for your life long achievement 🤗 panbanisha learned a lot between 1995 and 2007👍👍👏👏

[@CityzenJane]

Clearly we have a lot more to learn from them than they from us.

[@arevsteffen]

amazingly extraordinary, specially the pacman part hahaha the face is priceless.

[@iod3k]

@pammyoneto I guess that was a bit of an exaggeration, technically. In common usage, the term "natural habitat" refers to the notion that there is still some distinction between natural and artificial space, like there's still virgin wilderness insulated from the effects of human activity. From that perspective, keeping animals in their "natural" habitat, means keeping them somewhere relatively purified of human interaction. As an environmentalist, I have trouble imagining where such a place is.

[@jameswillsona.m.n.5086]

I like Bonobos. Thank You.

[@Kyee71]

Hello, at no point did she say Lucy was from Australia, she said Lucy was an Australopithecine 3:25 The term australopithecine refers generally to any species in the related genera Australopithecus. Have a wonderful day.

[@SpiderMonkeyy35]

RIP Panbanisha, you will be missed!

[@jaysethna3942]

I want to make Panbanisha famous on facebook, or at least bring awareness... Add me if you'd like and maybe we can come up with some ideas for the page together. facebook.com/panbanisha.kanzi

[@pilgrimomega]

This film is set about 10 years before the events in the final film of the original Planet of the Apes series.

[@yaier5]

Also, weve been so exposed to so many extremely competent and communicative animals throughout our pop culture over time such as movies, commercials, for example, that somehow this doesn't seem all that impressive :( like weve slowly been desensitized to this over time! However, when you remind yourself that this is actually real!! its quite impressive.

[@bad-bunnyblogger8171]

I can imagine somewhere In the galaxy an alien is doing the same things with humans and then giving a ted talk on the behaviour of man

[@alayneperrott9693]

Astonishing! I keep thinking I'm seeing humans in bonobo suits, because their gestures are so similar to ours.

[@Operation3Sixty]

7:55 That's absolutely terrifying!

[@dan74695]

That's a mask lol

[@snoozer48]

Dr. Sue and Kanzi are awesome!

[@9t5Gina2k7]

this is amazing, I never underestimate animals, And i think its kind of ignorant to consider ourselves as the most intelligent species, cos there may be a bird that looks at us and thinks we're stupid cos we haven't learnt how to fly or w/e. Animals are only measured on OUR version of intelligence, there may be lots of other stuff that they can do (and would class as intelligent) which we can not.

[@beto.vianna]

What amazes me most is not the video, but the responses it evokes on the observers. What do you think we're doing when we talk about "knowledge", "consciousness" and (that's the funniest of all) "scientific community"? We, humans who are discussing these issues, are organisms just like those animals we're judging, trying to talk about things we're observing and making a sense out of it. are those scientific concepts confortable to you? Congratulations then, human observers!

[@iod3k]

@pammyoneto And then someone asked, "If we shared a common ancestor, why did humans separate and become so different from the rest of the primates?" And the answer came: "Not every primate was given a choice in the matter." At this point, so late in the game of human deforestation and the destruction of this thing called "natural habitat", the only remaining habit is "human habitat". To understand these creatures, and advocate for them by educating humans about our similarities, is compassion.

[@ananda133]

he needs an iphone !!! this is awesome stuff !!!

[@Tantive]

This is wonderful, its like a glimpse of the past :D

[@Me-ho2jf]

Such an amazing creation! I just wanna HUG em!

[@jaysethna3942]

You're welcomed to add my facebook Panbanisha and Kanzi fan page. facebook.com/panbanisha.kanzi

[@doll8984]

I LOVE THE EVOLUTION UNIT SO MUCH

[@Audity31]

There's a song in this video at 11:49 called "One World Key", by "Uman". I'm very surprised to have personally recognized this obscure group in this video. But that voice and wind instrument are very distinguishable.

[@pammyoneto]

@iod3k `The only remaining habitat is human habitat` What exactly so you mean by that?

[@EveYarnton]

thinking about it we could end up being the parent species for all these higher apes so we had better make a bloody good example

[@Jeremy-th5pt]

She is PBS in human form

[@gypsylady3200]

Amazing! I am reading a book called "Sex at Dawn", by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha, about the evolution of our sexual behavior and the Bonobos are used as examples in this book a lot. It's really so fascinating!! I strongly believe in evolution.

[@bombastik87]

This is a wonderful video. Thanks for sharing and promoting this rare kind of content. I don't mean to seem too "new-age" but even as a mathematician I do believe we can learn so much about the essence of intelligence - one of the most wonderful emerging dynamics in the universe - interacting with the other most intelligent species we know. It could sound a bit crazy, but I believe we should teach them more, to let intelligent life live after us and in a million years read our books and learn from us in a more profound way. Sorry for the long crazy comment. However thanks again!❤

[@o.t.]

Their amazing.

[@ellieban]

It must be somewhat biology, otherwise the bonobos would be writing English fluently, not just attempting lexograms. But point taken, there are obviously a lot more similarities and much more potential and than we realised.

[@savannahdockins7022]

Simply amazing.

[@AvadaKhedavra]

Its incredible to see how much bonobos actually look like us!

[@Lunigma]

Beautiful!

[@kayugakanashinde89]

Right!? I am an anthropology and psychology major... I definitely want to spend the rest of my life studying primates! LOL! We are so cool! Pahahaha!

[@MzSuzy2698]

Kay Denise Bell Follow your dream, girl!!!

[@mahlithebest]

It's mad how people say we didn't evolve from them. We're basically just apes with pop music and facebook.

[@stephenbrand5661]

@@mahlithebest Well technically we didn’t evolve from them. We share a common ancestor with them and our species diverged from one another 6-7 million years ago. Both lineages have been evolving separately since then. But I know what you’re saying, it’s embarrassing how many people still deny evolution and our evolutionary connection to apes.

[@yanushkagunawardena7092]

@@mahlithebest And cultures light years ahead of the puny stupid apes

[@mahlithebest]

@@stephenbrand5661 IKR

[@barbaracastonguay4870]

People need to accept these are animals. By trying to categorize their behavior according to human standards is wrong. They are still just being taught like any other trained animal. When they react correctly, they are rewarded with treats and praise. If they are so intelligent, imagine what they would think of humans. When the apes say "stupid humans" they are rewarded. So is that really what they think? If they believe what they are taught, then the one they are talking to is stupid. Conversely, by their teaching and positive reinforcement of "good girl/boy" "you are so smart" then they are smart and we are stupid! Remember, they are taught the meaning of words by someone with an agenda. So, why learn from us? Because learning earns them food. And, if they think we are so smart, wouldn't they strive to be like us? If the people teaching them are so convinced they are geniuses, why don't they strip off their clothes, crap in their hands and join them in the wild? Absurd, right? Lucky thing they aren't too intelligent! Otherwise they would think the one they are conversing with is a sellout to all humanity.

[@themilennialmilllepede7994]

Humans are the same way however. Humans are taught that things get them rewards. Humans are not as different as many want to believe.

[@kayugakanashinde89]

I completely agree with you.

[@veritasvalere88]

Great work Dr. Rumbaugh. I have two questions for you, One what if you altered their genes genetically to integrate the fox p2 gene, Isn’t that the gene that humans have to develop speech in our vocal cords and secondly,Is it possible to trace the hair gene on humans? Because Chimps do not have facial hair or beards!! Humans have beards. Is it possible to trace the beard gene mutation in humans to see how old it is and compare that to the chips? Data comparison and genetic data date comparison. Last comparison would be cranial and brain size. Great work. Thank you

[@sanandreas818]

where the hell did that come from?

[@Blackadder75]

Bonobo playing pacman. :D

[@yanushkagunawardena7092]

And playing pretty well

[@jonatan01i]

It is interesting that the two drawings of her seem to be upside down.

[@Sporek]

Love it, love my hairy cousins 😭!

[@search895]

17:38 Massive Attack's "Angel" soundalike

[@cnycncnycn]

I'm crying.

[@9t5Gina2k7]

@Sparkus22334 most primates use facial expression actually, the ones with hair on their faces dont.

[@robbymayer5987]

I hope this is how aliens would view humanity, wanting to share culture and help us.

[@Tomongdong]

Anyone else want a bonobo now?

[@terriegamino4415]

This is fun and educational. HOWEVER....I'm wondering if grooming one another with scissors and not the fingers/hands would have the same beneficial impact has the intimate act of grooming by hand.

[@davyjones21122]

In flesh and fur it may take a moment to tell between the two. a single glance at there bones. startling. shocking really.

[@Harry5565adn]

7:28

[@Harry5565adn]

For personal use

[@Fashion4life]

Wow thats amazing!

[@salamlontong7782]

Thank You Prof 🙏🏽

[@dorfsteen]

I think there might be some Shenanigans going on here

[@bastardobito]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Caesar... is... home...

[@zendersn]

I Agree with U 100%.

[@RYN988]

It's a real shame what we're doing to these amazing animals. We're destroying their habitat and endangering their very existence.

[@webbess1]

I miss the old TED talks.

[@teamaster636]

Imagine aliens doing the same for us

[@ivanalejandro6538]

Maravilloso!!

[@theeyenzier8190]

i was mind blown by the fact it understood the concept of pacman

[@crkcrk702]

Fun fact : American series have to add registered laughs while you just show an ape and everyone laughs. Mind blowing.

[@polak3015]

he can play pac man? that's awesome

[@fktcd]

They should play more video games.

[@freewayxx]

Morality < Tastiness

[@ash5779]

can’t you get mad cow disease from eating them wtf

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Every theory of our “specialness” has been shot down.

[@courtneyreid9862]

The doctors seem to so appreciate the intelligence of these beings, and yet keep them locked up in horrible laboratories performing stupid tricks and having to beg to go outside.... Humans are so noble and smart!!!

[@adrunkgorillawithalobotomy353]

They live in a research center. Admittedly, it would be nicer if the environment was more natural, but the concept of the "experiment" is to see how apes develop cognitively while immersed partially in our culture and world, and partially in their own. They're not performing "tricks", per se.....most of the time they are imitating things they've seen us do, or things that were taught to them for a specific (non-entertainment) purpose. I agree with you, though. I especially dislike Kanzi being on a leash as if he was a pet. If they did that to a human, the world would lose their minds.....

[@Bonnieliveshere]

Totally agree. It seems the Bonobos can learn but humans cannot. We are still caging them for our own ends. How is this research worth anything if they are put in unnatural surroundings with human "toys" golf cars, lighters etc

[@wnd9434]

You wins some and lose some. Her project is to teach bonobo the lexigram language. The project is not to release the bonobo to the wild. It is what we want, we want the animals to evolve and learn what potential it might be or we just want to release them to the wild?

[@themilennialmilllepede7994]

I disagree to a point. how esle could we study these animals unless it meant taking them from their habitat or having to-somehow-encroach on their wild lives?

[@Tantive]

@kennebacasiskyle took the words right out of my mouth =D

[@Sn0wFreak]

bonoboas are bare clever

[@naiyalexic]

Fire safety? He'll burn down the forest.

[@ladywrench04]

That Bonobo is better in Pac Man than me

[@jaysethna3942]

I want to make Panbanisha famous on facebook, or at least bring awareness... Add me if you'd like and maybe we can come up with some ideas for the page together. facebook.com/panbanisha.kanzi

[@gunpei]

Wow, bonobos are very intelligent! However, I was rather disappointed to see how their writings were merely drawings of keys on a keyboard given to them by humans. Their "use" of fire was just a bonobo playing with a lighter as well. Still, very intelligent creatures.

[@MrHal90000]

For example, animal mothers protect their babies, animals mourn and get angry when they see someone dead of their kind. And animals use facial expressions, just not usually humanlike, but I can say if my dogs are sad or happy by just looking at their face, and if they see I am sad they come to me. And while I approve of meat eating for reasons that we needs the proteins in them, people are still starving in some countries, and predation is a part of nature, sapient animals must not be hunted.

[@Garrettfilms]

dats some 2001 space Odyssey sheet

[@FixxxerKH202]

you never know man. One weird thing is every ancient religion told of a white haired man with a long beard emerging from the ocean on a serpent and introduced us to a few technologies like irrigation and medicine which gave us a huge leap forward. Now if you had never seen metal before, how would you likely describe a metallic craft emerging from the ocean? Snake skin could be very similar to a paneled metallic craft. We have lots of weird anomalies like that in ancient history.

[@KalleVarta]

I think, I think, Karl Pilkington needs to hear about "monkeys" playing videogames. Someone please contact him.

[@MrHal90000]

In fact did you know that dolphin has bigger brain than us?It has lesser brain density, but still bigger, many animals are constrained by their body plan, for example elephants are sapient too. Sapience is not just human level intelligence, ANY being that can use introspection, logic and recognises itself in the mirror is sapient.

[@MRWhiteFolksCakes]

Yeah... but this is before she reportedly had two fingers bitten off by Kanzi.

[@Kcoyote3]

The sad part is a bonobo is 100 times better at PacMan than I am.

[@KurNorock]

I thought I was a "gamer" until I saw that bonobo play pac-man better than i can. Makes you wonder though. A few hundred thousand years, are we going to be willing to share our planet with another "intelligent" species? Neanderthal didn't fare so well when we came along.

[@patsyhuff1292]

so when they say go get screwed they mean it

[@goddessoflubbock]

It's heartbreaking to see them locked up like that. Bonobos normally have "sex breaks" several times a day. The one was begging to go outside. Sad :(

[@marksevel7696]

I’d like to teach them drums