Bonobos, often seen as the “make love, not war” apes, are famous for using sexual behavior to smooth over conflicts. Chimps, ...

A new study sheds light on the role of sexual behavior in apes, which has implications for understanding its evolutionary ...

“Bonobos and chimpanzees both live in very complex social structures with very rich social interactions that they have to ...

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...

Bonobos aren’t as mellow as scientists long suspected, new research finds, challenging previously held ideas about the ...

The team found that both bonobos and chimpanzees used sex in similar ways to ease tension and reaffirm social bonds before feeding. Bonobos also often had sex more after fights to repair social ...

Using sex to manage social tension dates back over six million years to humans' common ape ancestor, according to a new study. Comparing sister ...

A new look into the private lives of chimpanzees has found that the primates settle disagreements with close friends by ...

Bonobos, one of humanity’s closest relatives, can tell when a human doesn’t know something and steps in to help — a cognitive ability never before identified in nonhuman apes, a study found.

The research team conducted an experiment to observe the behavior of bonobos, which varies according to human knowledge. In an experiment involving three bonobos, one researcher first hid a snack ...