With never-before-seen video, primatologist Isabel Behncke Izquierdo (a TED Fellow) shows how bonobo ape society learns from constantly playing — solo, with friends, even as a prelude to sex. Indeed, play appears to be the bonobos’ key to problem-solving and avoiding conflict. If it works for our close cousins, why not for us?
A fantastic talk by Isabel Behncke about play and it’s influential role in learning and development. It also beautifully shows why it is so important to have fun in life …
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Gert-Jan Pepping is a Professor of Human Movement Sciences at the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences of Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia.
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