Bonobos, often seen as the “make love, not war” apes, are famous for using sexual behavior to smooth over conflicts. Chimps, ...

“Bonobos and chimpanzees both live in very complex social structures with very rich social interactions that they have to ...

An analysis reveals how the two primate species use sex to resolve conflicts. This suggests that the social function of sex ...

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 ...

In contrast, bonobo society is marked by the strong bonds ... The answer may lie in the history of the habitats they occupy. Both species of primates live in tropical forests along the Zaire ...

What would it be like to converse with a bonobo? According to primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a lead scientist at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, these apes cannot only understand language ...

Complete human, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan genomes have provided us a window into understanding the complex speciation process of these species' common ancestor. Analyses of these ...