TheStar has a great little article on Bonobos. In particular this little nugget:
However, on top of that heavy social schedule, they still found time to spend about 15 per cent of their hours having sex (with friends, acquaintances and in groups comprising both sexes, often in a jolly tangle of fun and frolics).
Furthermore, [...]
Via Discovery:
Orphaned infant chimpanzees that received attentive, nurturing care from human surrogate mothers were found to be more intellectually advanced than the average human baby when both groups were compared at the age of nine months, according to a new study published in the latest issue of Developmental Psychobiology.
Any regular reader to this blog knows [...]
According to new research, monkeys like giving and receiving, much like their human counterparts. Apparently the capuchins were more willing to share with monkeys they knew than strangers. Again, just like humans.
Tune in tomorrow for a special post.
As Bruce Schneier hints, monkeys can have relevance in the topic of security. In particular research on risk preference. The study he notes is pretty interesting:
Because chimpanzees exploit riskier food sources in the wild, we predicted that they would exhibit greater tolerance for risk in choices about food. Results confirmed this prediction: chimpanzees [...]
