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    This document summarizes key facts about bonobos. It discusses that bonobos are the least studied great ape, with field studies still being rare due to their inaccessible forest range in the Congo. Bonobos share many human-like physical traits such as proportions, uprightness, teeth and breasts. Their social structure is described as peaceful and cooperative, with females usually dominant. Bonobo sexuality is noted as not being restricted to estrus and involving all combinations of partners and positions to help ease social tension.

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    Bonobo: An Ape For The Nineties

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    This document summarizes key facts about bonobos. It discusses that bonobos are the least studied great ape, with field studies still being rare due to their inaccessible forest range in the Congo. Bonobos share many human-like physical traits such as proportions, uprightness, teeth and breasts. Their social structure is described as peaceful and cooperative, with females usually dominant. Bonobo sexuality is noted as not being restricted to estrus and involving all combinations of partners and positions to help ease social tension.

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    Bonobo: An Ape for the Nineties

    Pygmy Chimp
    Pan paniscus
    Common chimp =

    Pan troglodytes

    As close to us as
    chimps

    Bonobos are the least-studied ape

    Field studies still rare


    Inaccessable range in
    Congo forests

    Dr. Kano

    African Apes
    Pan paniscus

    Frans de Waal & Frans Lanting:


    Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape
    De Waal studies zoo
    colonies (author of
    Chimpanzee Politics)

    Bonobos humanlike physical traits :

    Proportions
    Uprightness
    Teeth
    Breasts

    Bonobo Family

    Long childhood (typical ape)


    No food sharing

    Females independent
    Migrate at maturity

    Mother-son bond is stable

    Bonobo Sexuality

    Not restricted to estrus


    All Combinations of
    partners
    Variety of positions
    Often front to front

    Eases social tension

    More Sex . . .
    Largest ape
    penis

    Males rub
    rumps to ease
    tension

    Female G-G rubbing

    Masturbation

    Social Structure

    Peaceful
    Cooperative
    Females usually dominant

    Ape Behavior: A Summary

    Certain human traits absent

    No one social model

    Long-term sexual bonds


    Fatherhood
    Provisioning
    Language
    Gorilla harems
    Chimp male dominance
    Bonobo peaceful matriarchy
    Gibbon monogamy
    Orang polygamy
    Linked to ecology

    Aptitude for learning


    complex social behavior

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