exactly. Here is a quote from the article “And he was encouraged to interact with humans and copy them.”
The HUGE difference is that humans had no one to copy, no one to mimic and no one to teach them. When a monkey comes up with this on his own, then it is news.
I wonder if this Bonobo has been in L.A. lately....?
You mean you don't know about the Ancient Astronauts?
Seriously, bonobos (p. paniscus) are very different from 'regular' chimpanzees (p. troglodytes). I think they deserve their own genus.
Lots of dispute about your assertion: “humans had no one to copy, no one to mimic and no one to teach them.”
>>When a monkey comes up with this on his own, then it is news.<<
It is impossible to note that one became POTUS without being accused of being racist. Of course I mean the “monkey see, monkey do” way he got elected. Not an original thought in his or, more importantly, his handlers’ head(s).
You have a point but since the first human figured out how to make fire how many other humans figured it out on their own and how many just learned it from someone who learned it?