本文介绍了科学家通过假装茶会测试猿类Kanzi的想象力，探讨动物是否也具备类似人类的想象能力，并关联到人类认知进化研究。
Picture this: You're at a pretend tea party. But instead of sitting across from toddlers in tiaras, you're clinking cups with Kanzi—an ape with the incredible ability to communicate with humans. NPR science correspondent Nate Rott talked to some scientists who did exactly that.
But these scientists weren't just having pretend tea parties with Kanzi for fun. They were trying to test the limits of his imagination – because humans' ability to imagine, to play out "pretend" scenarios in our heads and guess at the potential consequences of our actions…is key to how we live our lives. And we might not be the only animals to do it!