A new study sheds light on the role of sexual behavior in apes, which has implications for understanding its evolutionary ...
An analysis reveals how the two primate species use sex to resolve conflicts. This suggests that the social function of sex ...
We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...
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ZME Science on MSNChimps and bonobos rub their genitals to maintain peaceWe all experience stress and conflict — whether it’s an argument with a friend, workplace tension, or competition for ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNMale Bonobos, Close Human Relatives Long Thought to Be Peaceful, Are Actually Quite ...Food-sharing is commonplace, and instead of fighting, disputes among bonobos are usually solved with sex. As a result of ...
A new look into the private lives of chimpanzees has found that the primates settle disagreements with close friends by ...
But the bonobo’s behavior in the wild has been harder to know, and Takayoshi Kano, operating out of the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, was among the first scientists aspiring to ...
Bonobos, one of humanity’s closest relatives ... but can also modify their behavior accordingly,” the lead author Luke Townrow, a comparative social cognition researcher at Johns Hopkins ...
Bonobos apparently use sex to reinforce bonds ... The changes in social behavior that occurred in response to this environmental factor may be what led chimps down a different evolutionary path ...
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