"Kanzi, peux-tu dire à Sue qui je suis ?" Ce bonobo est un génie. Il a réussi à comprendre le langage humain. Kanzi est un primate hors du commun, né avec un talent jamais vu auparavant. Mais les personnes du laboratoire ont voulu savoir quelles étaient ses limites, et il a dû être soumis à des épreuves chaque fois plus difficiles. Les questions étaient simples, mais il y avait un piège. | Le Kiwi

Kanzi, the famous male bonobo, stunned the scientific world by demonstrating an incredible ability to understand English. He lived to 44 years old, and in his lifetime has proven that language is not limited to humans. He featured on #60Mins in 1999 for a report on groundbreaking research about animal intelligence and how these communication methods could help non-verbal children. Watch the full story on the 60 Minutes Australia YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Rtoul8Zot10 | 60 Minutes Australi

Kanzi the bonobo, who learned language, made stone tools, and played Minecraft, dies at age 44. What can his remarkable linguistic abilities teach us about language? For a written version of this video with sources, visit the newsletter: https://linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/kanzi/ Ape Initiative: https://www.apeinitiative.org/ Further Reading Kanzi: The ape at the brink of the human mind https://amzn.to/3DVL6YL Baboon metaphysics: The evolution of a social mind https://amzn.to/40Et0Sr If you en