Bonobos’ Tool-Making Abilities Suggest Culture Wiring Improves Brain Capabilties
Kanzi and his late sister Panbanisha begin making sophisticated stone tools last year during a research project by IPLS scientist Itai Roffman conducted at the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary in Des Moines, Iowa. Roffman’s findings shocked scientists around the world, and news immediately went viral in the science world. At last count, there are over […]
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh Shares Hopes For Future on NPR Radio interview
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, resident scientist at the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary, shares hope for the future in this radio interview with NPR’s Charity Nebbe on Talk of Iowa on Iowa Public Radio. Both Dr. Savage-Rumbuagh and Executive Director Julie Gilmore answered questions about historical and recent events at IPLS, formerly known as the Great Ape Trust […]
Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh reinstated as Resident Scientist
The Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary (IPLS) has reinstated Dr. Savage-Rumbaugh to her position as Resident Scientist following an internal investigation regarding allegations about treatment of the IPLS bonobos. In summary, the Primate Sanctuary Investigation Committee discovered the bonobos are well cared for, and following a two-month long investigation, found significant counterevidence against the claims by […]
Panbanisha’s Birthday is Nov. 17
Today was Panbanisha’s birthday. She was born on November 17, 1985 at the Language Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, a research facility on 55 acres of forest owned by Georgia State University.
Statement about Panbanisha’s Illness and Treatment
from the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary: The IPLS bonobos are the only great apes in the state of Iowa and are attended to regularly by local veterinarian, Dr. Julie Gilmore, who by nature as a veterinarian, is trained and licensed to diagnose and treat multiple species. Mammals have much in common with one another physiologically, […]
Eulogy for Panbanisha
from the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary: REMEMBERING PANBANISHA A tribute to a priceless and irreplaceable treasure Panbanisha, a beloved and gentle soul, and a member of a famous bonobo family in the US, tragically and suddenly passed away from complications related to pneumonia on the evening of November 6, 2012. She had shown signs of […]
Genome of “Genius Ape” Kanzi has been Sequenced
from the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary: Bonobo Hope Great Ape Trust Sanctuary announced today that the genome sequence of the bonobo Kanzi has just been completed by Derek Wildman and his research team at the Molecular Evolution Laboratory at Wayne State University, only the second time a bonobo genome has been sequenced. Kanzi (age 32) […]
