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?

Being alone takes its toll. Feel like it's time to make a real connection? Third-wheel with Rainn Wilson (star of "The Office") as he dates some of the best ideas on TED.com and discover your perfect "idea mate" along the way.

A scientist walks into a bar...and notices the parallels between improv comedy and evolution. Originally from Chile, Isabel Behncke is an Oxford field primatologist who studies bonobos and traces the roots of social behavior in humans and other primates. After attending a course in improvisational theater, she started to realize that nature's na...