Can apes play pretend? Lab holds ‘tea party’ to test

NEW YORK—By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties. The ability to make something out of nothing may seem uniquely human—a bedrock of creativity that’s led to new kinds of art, music and more. READ: Apes share common ‘joker’ ancestor, study