# Isabel Behncke: Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans

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?

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2011
- Runtime: 7 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/IsabelBehnckeIzquierdo_2011U)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/IsabelBehnckeIzquierdo_2011U?play=1)