At a juncture in history during which women are seeking equality with men, science arrives with a belated gift to the feminist movement. Male-biased evolutionary scenarios--Man the Hunter, Man the ...

Bonobos have a reputation of being the hippies of the ape world, due to their propensity to “make love, not war.” But a new study reveals that bonobos, found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

For far too long, researchers believed humans were alone in their ability to engage in a sociological concept known as joint commitment. Joint commitment is the understanding that by working together ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos, share close genetic ties with humans but exhibit distinct physical and behavioral traits. Chimpanzees display male-dominated, aggressive tendencies, while bonobos are known ...