Chimpanzees and Bonobos

A chimpanzee who collected a stash of rocks and hurled them at zoo visitors in fits of rage has confirmed apes can plan ahead just like humans, a study has said.

Submitted by skynews 9 months ago

A lovely audio show discussing bonobos, and how fascinating they are.

Submitted by Cinders 1 year ago

The genomes of our nearest kin, chimpanzees and bonobos, are strewn with anomalies where the usual patterns of relatedness break down.

Submitted by Cinders 1 year ago

An expedition into the Congo examines one of our closest living relatives, the peace-loving bonobo.

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"Bonobos help us to see ourselves more in the round," says Frans de Waal, a primatologist at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta.

Submitted by Cinders 1 year ago

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The more and more I learn in my biocultural anthropology class, the more convinced I am that the theory of evolution at least holds some water.

I've mentioned this class before, and it's a subject I always have to define (and redefine as they often forget) whenever I bring it up with my friends and family. In essence, we study prosimians, apes and monkeys, their behavior, and how we as humans are similar and different from them. The big picture, though, as the link will tell you, is examining how biology...