Not that bonobos don’t fight, and with their formidable strength, any adult bonobo could easily pin any human wrestling champ, MMA star or Jiu Jitsu black belt to the mat in a cage match or just ...

The study measured “rank” within the bonobo communities by tallying how many times females won conflicts with males. Females usually came out on top. Photograph by Christian Ziegler By banding ...

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Psychologists from Durham University, UK, have observed the behavior of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos were more likely than chimpanzees to comfort others in distress.

An example of a bonobo with a pouting face being consoled by a juvenile bystander. Bonobos produce high-pitched "baby-like" cries when they are attacked - to attract comfort from others, reveals ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are often thought to reflect two different sides of human nature -- the conflict-ready chimpanzee versus the peaceful bonobo -- but a new study shows that, within their own ...

Unlike male chimpanzees, who started their days in a mellow mood, the male bonobos seemed to wake up ready for a fight. “I thought, where is the peaceful bonobo?” Dr. Mouginot said.

“Our research shows that emotions and their expression do not only play a role in the regulation of social life in our own species, but also in our closest living primate relatives,” says author ...

A bonobo named Louise, born into captivity at the San Diego Zoo, lived with her sister, Loretta, and nephew, Erin, before being transferred to the Japan’s Kumamoto Sanctuary in 1992. In the wild ...

If a troop of baboons encounters another troop on the savanna, they may keep a respectful distance or they may get into a fight. But human groups often do something else: They cooperate. Tribes of ...