Exempel på bonobo

• Particularly exciting are the new perspectives on early hominid language which have arisen from recent research on the linguistic competence of chimpanzee and bonobo.

• Let us continue with bonobos as an example.

• In bonobos, peep sequences are among the most important vocalizations, and croaks, muffled barks, and panting laughs are used mainly by young individuals.

• First, the comparative literature provides evidence that marine mammals possess abilities of a complexity comparable to that reported for chimpanzees and bonobos.

• However, this question might possibly be resolved using chimpanzees or bonobos.

• So, we should be suspicious of similar offhand dismissals of the behavior of animals that are as closely related to us as chimpanzees and bonobos.

• The hominids split from the line leading to modern chimpanzees and bonobos around six million years ago, and the main characteristic distinguishing them was a bipedal posture.

• Wamba bonobos make a variety of motions in which they rock the upper body and head back and forth or side to side.

• However, that bonobos do understand quite complex spoken commands, suggests that the problem for apes may be more in the realization of speech sounds than in their comprehension.

• This migration mixes the bonobo gene pools, providing genetic diversity.

• In comparison, the smallest great ape is the bonobo at 34to60kglb 0.

• Surveys have shown that great apes, chimpanzees and bonobos comprise 0.5-2% of the meat found in bushmeats markets.

• Both the common chimpanzee and bonobo can walk upright on two legs when carrying objects with their hands and arms.

• The common chimpanzee tends to display greater aggression than does the bonobo.

• Like chimps and bonobos, humans have subtle and flexible social instincts, allowing them to form extended families, lifelong friendships, and political alliances.