So bonobos share at least one very important characteristic with our own species, namely, a partial separation between sex and reproduction. A Near Relative. THIS FINDING .... APART FROM maintaining harmony, sex is also involved in creating the singular social structure of the bonobo. read more
Bonobos have eating, a little bit of play and fucking to amuse themselves- so fuckng is pretty important. All bonobos eat the same thing, sleep in the same trees and the only difference is who seems to be getting it wet the most. read more
APART FROM maintaining harmony, sex is also involved in creating the singular social structure of the bonobo. This use of sex becomes clear when studying bonobos in the wild. Field research on bonobos started only in the mid-1970s, a decade after the most important studies on wild chimpanzees had been initiated. read more
It is important for young, immigrant females to develop relationships with other females in their new groups because this is one of the strongest relationships in bonobo society. Unlike chimpanzees, females tend to have more cohesion with other females than with males, though there is evidence that as group size increases, cohesion between males and females increases (White 1988; 1996). read more