Gay chimps

These animals have been observed practicing homosexual courtship, sexual behavior, affection, pair bonding, or parenting. Among our two closest phylogenetic relatives, chimpanzees remain by far the more thoroughly-studied and widely-recognized species, known for their high levels of cooperation especially among males, which includes sharing food, supporting each other in aggressive conflicts and defending their territories against other communities. In contrast, insights into the social dynamics of wild bonobos are available from only a small number of long-term field sites, and bonobos are probably best known for their diverse sexual behavior, which together with their proposed peacefulness between communities and co-dominance between the sexes, has led to their nickname as the 'hippie apes. The stereotype of bonobos as hyper-sexual is an over-simplification, but it does capture a fascinating aspect of bonobo social behavior.

Chimpanzees, humans' more violent cousins, do not seem to use sex in this way. They occasionally torture each other, kill strangers and demonstrate other echoes of humanity's dark side. Once shunned as a subject unfit for science, same-sex behavior among animals—documented in more than 1, species—is generating an explosion of new research. Now he was agitated: baring his teeth, screaming, turning from one friend to the next. Nearby chimps offered comfort to Max.

Overall, most sociosexual behaviors occurred during tense contexts, such as fusion events when members of different foraging subgroups come together or encounters with neighboring chimpanzee communities. The big question is, how did we manage to miss these behaviors in chimpanzees for so long?. Once shunned as a subject unfit for science, same-sex behavior among animals—documented in more than 1, species—is generating an explosion of new research. Now he was agitated: baring his teeth, screaming, turning from one friend to the next. Nearby chimps offered comfort to Max.

Researchers from Durham University have observed that chimpanzee males engage in more same-sex sexual encounters than was previously believed as part of managing and resolving social tensions. Bonobos have gotten a lot of attention for their sexual behavior , particularly their wide range of sociosexual behavior, behaviors involving sexuality that do not involve conceptive sex and occur across ages and partners. Furthermore, we now know that there are a wide range of primates that engage in some level of same-sex sexual behaviors. But what about chimpanzees?

These animals have been observed practicing homosexual courtship, sexual behavior, affection, pair bonding, or parenting. Brian Hare is an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University, and Vanessa Woods is the author of " Bonobo Handshake " Gotham, Woods and Hare are on the board of the nonprofit Lola ya Bonobo , a sanctuary for orphan bonobos in Congo. Lodja sees Mwanda and shrieks in excitement.

Chimpanzees, humans' more violent cousins, do not seem to use sex in this way. They occasionally torture each other, kill strangers and demonstrate other echoes of humanity's dark side. Brian Hare is an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University, and Vanessa Woods is the author of " Bonobo Handshake " Gotham, Woods and Hare are on the board of the nonprofit Lola ya Bonobo , a sanctuary for orphan bonobos in Congo. Lodja sees Mwanda and shrieks in excitement.

Overall, most sociosexual behaviors occurred during tense contexts, such as fusion events when members of different foraging subgroups come together or encounters with neighboring chimpanzee communities. The big question is, how did we manage to miss these behaviors in chimpanzees for so long?. .

Researchers from Durham University have observed that chimpanzee males engage in more same-sex sexual encounters than was previously believed as part of managing and resolving social tensions. .