Science news articles about 'female bonobos'

... .com) -- Female bonobos (Pan paniscus) often form strong bonds with other females, and these bonds ... play in the formation of these social bonds, since female bonobos are known to often engage in sexual ...

... discovery among bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo runs contrary to the belief that hunting among ... and aggression. Contrary to the long-standing image of female bonobos as the peaceful matriarchs of their species, scientists ...

... discovery among bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo runs contrary to the belief that hunting among ... and aggression. Contrary to the long-standing image of female bonobos as the peaceful matriarchs of their species, scientists ...

... hierarchy, the greater his mating success is with female bonobos. But even males who are not so highly ... among the males. As bonobo males remain in their natal group and adult females have the leverage to intervene ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Female bonobos are noisy bi-sexual love-makers that call most when mating with higher ranking partners, according to new research.

A female bonobo has been named "the world's smartest ape" after beating chimpanzees distracted by male rivalry in a contest between two Belgian zoos, whose results took scientists by surprise.

... basis of these traits. The genome was sequenced from Ulindi, a female bonobo who lives in the Zoo Leipzig. Genome ... that for some particular parts of the genome, humans are closer to bonobos than to chimpanzees, while in other regions the human genome ...

... who analyzed video footage of a female chimpanzee, a female bonobo and a female human infant in a study ... chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), and Panbanisha, a female bonobo (Pan paniscus). They were raised together at the Language ...