Do Bonobos Embarrass You?

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This, from Three Quarks Daily:


The Gendered Ape, Essay 6: Those Embarrassing Bonobos!

POSTED ON MONDAY, OCT 17, 2022 2:15AM BY FRANS DE WAAL

Editor’s Note: Frans de Waal’s new book, Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist, has generated some controversy and misunderstanding. He will address these issues in a series of short essays which will be published at 3QD and can all be seen in one place here. More comments on these essays can also be seen at Frans de Waal’s Facebook page.

by Frans de Waal   Of all the great apes, the bonobo is built most like our ancestors, including relatively long legs and the shape of their feet. Here standing upright, an adult female (left) and adolescent male. Since bonobos are genetically equally close to us as chimpanzees, they deserve the same attention in relation to human evolution. Photograph by Frans…

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