I have found some interesting information about the Bonobos, our closest cousins. I felt like sharing this information. Biologically speaking, Bonobos are the closest you can get to being human, without actually being a human.
We share Bonobos seem to resolve a lot of their conflicts with sexual behaviour. When two Bonobos have a fight, they make up with a sexual reconciliation. This is usual for the Bonobos species. There is a lot of sexual activity going on that has more SOCIAL meaning than reproductive meaning. Sex in Bonobo society transcends reproduction, as it does in humans. It serves as a way of bonding, exchanging energy and sharing pleasure.
The split between the human line of ancestry and the Bonobo line is believed to have occurred a mere eight million years ago. If this evolutionary scenario of ecological continuity is true, the Bonobo may have undergone less transformation humans.
98.4% of the same genetic make-up, DNA. Bonobos seem to resolve a lot of their conflicts with sexual behaviour. When two Bonobos have a fight, they make up with a sexual reconciliation. This is usual for the Bonobos species. There is a lot of sexual activity going on that has more SOCIAL meaning than reproductive meaning. Sex in Bonobo society transcends reproduction, as it does in humans. It serves as a way of bonding, exchanging energy and sharing pleasure.
Bonobos become sexually aroused remarkably easily, and they express this excitement in a variety of mounting positions and genital contacts.
Observers at the Belgian animal park of Planckendael, which currently has the most naturalistic Bonobo colony, reported interesting findings. If a male Bonobo tried to harass a female, all females would band together to chase him off. LOL
Because females appeared more successful in dominating males when they were together than on their own, their close association and frequent genital rubbing may represent an alliance. Females may bond so as to outcompete members of the individually stronger sex.
I still see some similar behaviour.
Any thoughts?
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