Posts Tagged ‘bonobo apes’
Bonobos prefer to share food with strangers
DUKE (US) — For bonobos, building a social network and making new friends are as valuable as food, say researchers. Continue…
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Science & Technology - Nov 26, 2012 12:36 - 0 Comments
Do chimps keep track of favors for friends?
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — When chimpanzees share food with a friend or groom a pal, such favors are often exchanged over long periods of time within the context of a stable relationship. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 5, 2011 15:13 - 1 Comment
Like us, chimps and bonobos differ
EMORY (US) — Similar to humans, chimps and bonobos have widely different personalities, despite diverging from each other a relatively short one to two million years ago. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2010 9:04 - 2 Comments
Apes only gamble on a sure thing
DUKE (US) — When chimpanzees and bonobos, human’s closest living primate relatives, aren’t certain of the odds or don’t have confidence in their judgments, they’re more likely to play it safe, rather than take a risk. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 1, 2010 16:03 - 0 Comments
Unselfish apes live in ‘Peter Pan world’
DUKE (US)—For bonobos, sharing just comes naturally. In fact, unlike humans and chimpanzees, they seem incapable of being selfish—both as youngsters and as adults. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 16, 2009 15:52 - 0 Comments
Endangered apes return to wild under watchful eyes
DUKE (US)—American researchers who have been studying the rare and threatened bonobo ape will lead monitoring efforts after a group of orphan bonobos are returned to the wild in the Congo for the first time this month. (more…)
