Kanzi the Bonobo, Who Learned Language and Made Stone Tools, Dies at Age 44

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March 21, 2025, 12:00 AM

• •Kanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44.
• •Kanzi was not the first great ape to learn how to communicate with humans using symbols.
• •Kanzi was also something of a technologist.

Kanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44. Raised and kept in captivity, Kanzi was the subject of many studies aimed at illuminating ape cognition and the origins of human language and tool use.

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