Bonobos stay young longer: Unlike humans and chimpanzees, bonobos retain elevated thyroid hormones well into adulthood

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 10:36 in Biology & Nature

Despite the fact that chimpanzees and bonobos share similar starting conditions at birth, they develop different behavioral patterns later in life. These differences might be caused by different hormone levels.

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