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Next we come to the bonobo (formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee, not because they are small -- they are not -- but because they live near the Pygmy people of the Congo Basin, who are known for their small stature). Bonobos are "the chimps of the Pygmies." Note the glaring error on the UN map of Africa below where, trying to avoid the word "pygmy," they coin the phrase "dwarf chimpanzees." Alas. If anthropologists and primatologists had to select one great ape which was behaviorally closest to humans, it would likely be the bonobo because of similarity in both social and sexual behaviors. We are, however, more like the common chimpanzees in other respects, such as practicing "gang warfare" on neighbors.
Chimp-bonobo video from
the PBS Evolution series Dennis O'Neil's general descriptions of the apes and their vocalizations (from which I have borrowed the small maps; the big one below is from the UNEP).
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WilliamCalvin.com William H. Calvin is a neurobiologist at the University of Washington in Seattle who wanders regularly into anthropology, evolution, and climate change. He is the author of A Brain for All Seasons, winner of the Phi Beta Kappa 2002 Book Award for contributions to literature by scientists. |
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