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They are pretty horrible to each other at times too. More or less illustrates the somewhat Hobbesian idea of continual reduction of violence since probably the
by jojobas 2y ago
They are pretty horrible to each other at times too. More or less illustrates the somewhat Hobbesian idea of continual reduction of violence since probably the last common ancestor to today.
- keybored 2y agoRight-wingers compare human nature to chimps; left-wingers to bonobos. What does that tell us about humans? Nothing.
- dhosek 2y agoWhat I find fascinating is the bifurcation of R-rated behaviors between chimps (violence) and bonobos (sex). I read somewhere about a similar bifurcation in species of dolphins or porpoises where there were was one species which would exhibit high levels of violence and another which was all about the sexy fun time, but that was 30 years ago or so I read it and I have little hope of ever recovering that information (assuming it’s even true, which is not guaranteed for popular science reporting).
- jojobas 2y agoThis is a myth. Bonobos are at times more than happy to bash each other's heads in, and chimps shag a lot.
- JackFr 2y agoGombe Chimpanzee War. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War