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Chimpanzees and bonobos are our closest living relatives. Therefore, it might not surprise you to learn that they can remember faces. Scientists confirmed this with a study of 26 chimps and bonobos living in zoos and sanctuaries.

The scientists showed chimps and bonobos pictures of two different faces. They found that the apes spent longer looking at familiar faces than at the faces of strangers.

Chimps and bonobos remembered friends and family even after years apart. Louise, a bonobo who participated in the study, recognized a sister she had last seen 26 years ago!

Read more about this story on Mongabay News.

Featured image: Chimpanzees in Taman Safari Bogor, Indonesia. Image by Herusutimbul via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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