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The Smart and Swinging BONOBO.

The article discusses the bonobo, a hypersexualized primate that is being threatened by wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bonobos and humans share 99% of their genes, making them important research subjects into human evolution and behavior. Violence in their habitats have left the globa...

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Published in:Smithsonian Vol. 37; no. 8; pp. 66 - 75
Main Author: Raffaele, Paul
Format: Article
Published: Smithsonian Magazine Nov2006
Subjects:
Bonobo
Pan (Mammals)
Kanzi (Bonobo)
Biological evolution
Sociobiology
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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