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"It seems to be bad when it's indeterminate who is the father of a child." Bonobo females use an interesting strategy that disagrees with this. When in estrus
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"It seems to be bad when it's indeterminate who is the father of a child."
Bonobo females use an interesting strategy that disagrees with this. When in estrus they mate with as many males in the group as possible to confuse the paternity. That way they get support from the entire troupe of males in rearing the young.