Conservation International says the birth is a boost for the future of the apes on the Indonesian island of Java. But illegal trade is still a threat, and is increasingly moving online.
"It would have been a distant cousin (of orangutans), in the sense that its closest living relatives are orangutans, compared to other living great apes such as gorillas or chimpanzees or us ...
Bonobos, endangered great apes that are among our closest relatives ... every species needs sufficient genetic diversity to adapt to a changing environment, and for bonobos, losing one of these ...