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  • noun Plural form of bonobo.

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  • By my convention, intelligence may be detectable, as you later talk about intelligence in bonobos, as they are observed to design and manufacture tools, (this tallies with aiguy's suggested definition) but are you not talking about "Intelligence" here, which means something different?

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • Another [bonobo] similarity with humans is increased female sexual receptivity. ... a much longer part of estrus in bonobos than in chimpanzees.

    Scientists Prove Humans Aren't So Smart! 2006

  • The bonobos are a group of polyamorous monkeys who solve all their problems by having sex with each other.

    Mariana Caplan, Ph.D.: The Problem With Zen Boyfriends Ph.D. Mariana Caplan 2010

  • The bonobos are a group of polyamorous monkeys who solve all their problems by having sex with each other.

    Mariana Caplan, Ph.D.: The Problem With Zen Boyfriends Ph.D. Mariana Caplan 2010

  • Like the sexy apes known as bonobos, this kind of open sexuality served a social function that provided a way to relieve stress and form long-lasting bonds.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Many a year ago, a group of scientists were studying apes known as bonobos in the Congo.

    All articles at Blogcritics 2009

  • She used a plethysmograph to register their sexual arousal to certain stimuli such as bonobos having sex, heterosexual sex, homosexual sex, masturbation, etc.

    GlennSacks.com 2009

  • The only organisms in existence now that we even suspect to be descended from them can barely handle differential calculus and show only the vaguest signs of sentience, and frankly I think the evidence that they were descended from bonobos to be more compelling.

    365 tomorrows » 2010 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • Third, I was thinking about some of the patterns of violence and non-violence among bonobos, hyenas, and lions, as well as chimps--which I learned about while co-authoring another book with another world-class expert, Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham.

    Dale Peterson: Animals Have Morality, too! Dale Peterson 2011

  • Third, I was thinking about some of the patterns of violence and non-violence among bonobos, hyenas, and lions, as well as chimps--which I learned about while co-authoring another book with another world-class expert, Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham.

    Dale Peterson: Animals Have Morality, too! Dale Peterson 2011

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