Bonobos for years have had the reputation of being the cool hippies of the simian world, with a “make love, not war” ethos, in ​contrast to their belligerent cousins, the chimpanzees. But is this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Male bonobos were observed being particularly aggressive with other males, but not females. “Chimpanzees and bonobos use ...

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 publishing April 12 in the journal ...

Male bonobos can decipher females’ unreliable fertility signals, allowing them to focus their efforts on matings with the highest chance of conception, according to a study by Heungjin Ryu at Kyoto ...

Quick Take It was previously thought that chimpanzees were at least 2.8 times more aggressive than bonobos. Aggression may come down to location and the fight for food and other resources with species ...

Bonobos are a species of great ape, along with gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees. Over the years, they’ve gained a reputation as being calmer and more peaceful than other ape species. But recent ...

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that existed in the common ancestor of humans and apes six million years ago. Humans ...

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 published in Current Biology shows ...