Tame Theory: Did Bonobos Domesticate Themselves?
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
Time and again humans have domesticated wild animals, producing tame individuals with softer appearances and more docile temperaments, such as dogs and guinea pigs. But a new study suggests that one of our primate cousins--the African ape known as the bonobo --did something similar without human involvement. It domesticated itself. [More]