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The Last Great Ape: An expedition into the Congo examines one of our closest living relatives, the peace-loving bonobo.
The Bonobo In All of Us

The Bonobo In All of Us
Primatologist Frans de Waal on what the "make-love-not-war" primate tells us about ourselves

Read My Lips

Read My Lips
See a slide show of bonobo gestures and facial expressions, and find out what they mean.

Kanzi the Bonobo

Kanzi the Bonobo
In this audio slide show, researcher Sue Savage-Rumbaugh describes one extraordinarily linguistic ape.

Our Family Tree

Our Family Tree
See (and hear) where you stand among the great apes in this audiovisual interactive.

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

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