Bonobo

The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and the bonobo (Pan paniscus) are the two closest living relatives of humans. While, bonobos and chimpanzees are very similar to each other, they also differ in many significant ways. However, in some ways they resemble more closely to humans than to each other. For example, chimpanzee males are much more aggressive and violent, especially when competing for a mate or a rank within the group. This violence can be lethal. In their communities, male to male bonds…

It was found that the skull of a chimpanzee was smaller than the normal skull, in results finding a new form of the chimpanzee. This discovery was the explanation for the bonobos; the closest primate to the Homo sapien. It was also explained in the text that the reason it took this long for bonobos to be found is because they were so similar to chimpanzees. The text then introduces Robert Yerkes to the readers, an author of “The Great Apes and Chimpanzees” and founder of the worlds…

communicating with other primates. Would these primates eventually be teaching other primates the human language by means of cultural transmission? If so, in a million years from now, and through the process of natural selection, I wonder how advanced these bonobos and gorillas would be. -What (if anything) did you learn from the films that you did not gain from reading the text or listening to the class lecture? Answer: I think the chapter fourteen covered pretty much everything. -Do you…

thinking about my daily activities from research of a painting of “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Heironymus Bosch, this painting is a part of our first year read book that is brought up on many occasions by Frans Dee Waal who relates it back to the Bonobos. This painting required much time looking at and much research. To me this painting has made me come to think so much about temptations that we fight in our life, to me as a college student there’s so many temptations that I fight…

Have you ever wondered how we, as humans, developed our sexual tendencies? Or perhaps you have wondered why and how it is that humans across the globe are generally attracted to certain traits in potential partners despite differences in culture. There are countless questions that people may have about sex, flirting, dating, love, and any other subcategory that falls under personal relationships – these same people may often find it difficult to ask the questions that they have been harboring.…

My favorite non human primate is the chimpanzee. This is my favorite primate because it is the most similar to human beings, sharing up to ninety-eight point eight percent of our genetic make up. Chimpanzees tend to live in African rain forests, woodlands, and grasslands. Even though they usually walk on all fours, they can stand upright and walk and their two back legs just as human beings do. Chimpanzees and humans fall into the same kingdom (Animalia), phylum (Chordata), class (Mammalia),…

The study of primates is not as simple and straightforward as one might initially believe. Theirs’ is a complex world of interaction. In many ways highly similar to that of humans. This intricacy has led to the need for scientists to redefine what being human truly means. For upon studying primates a social milieu was revealed. Primates were seen expressing themselves through different behaviors. In addition, their societies are intricately organized and they form enduring relationships. These…

religions and philosophers hold the basis that humans in nature only care about themselves, while others oppose that. For example, Dalai Lama and Buddhism hold the theory that our most basic essential human nature is compassion. Additionally, in The Bonobo and the Atheist, the author uses primates, which ae very similar to humans, to show “our lineage is marked not just by male dominance and xenophobia but also by a love of harmony and sensitivity to others." The Dalai Lama believes that…

Language is an essential part of everyday life. What Darwin called ‘the sweet music of our species’ has in fact had a vital role in the establishment of the human as ‘the dominant species’; language creates a strong connection within all members of the same social group and allows to convey a virtually infinite quantity of information, involving both concrete and abstract concepts, as well as past, present and upcoming events. Biologically speaking, this is has been and still is a huge advantage…

Sex Sex feels good, yes, and it is good for your body. But you have to watch out who you 're having sex with. Do you think that having sex with a toxic person will enhance your spirit? Heck no! They may be nice to you temporarily while having sex, but when they 're done and you 're glowing, they 're back to their old toxic ways. This will mess up your mind because sex is a spiritual dance between two human beings, so you 're absorbing the other person 's energy. The worse thing about absorbing…