Bonobo antisocial versus human social behavior

[Jaga]

Bonobos are smaller chimpanzees that have female dominant communities. Bonobos are not that aggressive as chimpanzees are and they live only in one country - democratic Congo.
I just read an article with recent studies on bonobos social behavior and it suggests that they prefer jerks over helpers. One of the conclusion was that this behavior does not favor further evolution, which happen with humans that prefer social behavior. Quite interesting

www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-bonobos-favor-dominance-20180104-story.html
Humans may look for the helpers, but bonobos prefer the troublemakers

When Mr. Rogers told viewers of his beloved children’s TV show to “look for the helpers,” bonobos clearly weren’t paying attention. A new study of one of our closest living relatives finds that these docile apes prefer individuals who hinder over those who help.

The findings, described in the journal Current Biology, could shed light on the origins of “prosocial” behavior in human beings.

“A preference for helpers over hinderers,” the study authors wrote, may have “played a central role in the evolution of human development and cooperation.”

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The next two experiments involved live-action entertainment. Three humans acted out a little scene: One played with a toy and then dropped it; a second person picked it up and returned it, and a third person snatched the toy away. The helping and hindering humans then stepped forward, each presenting a fruit slice to the observing bonobo. Again, the bonobos largely preferred the offering from the hinderer, and not the helper.

[pieter]

Jaga,

I saw a fascinating documentary on French tv about Bonobo researchers in a Bonobo reservation. Unfortunately they are largely hunted by humans and their flesh is eaten. You see a lot of dead bonobo's on Congo markets where people buy their monkey meat.

Naughty bonobo's




Cheers,
Pieter

[pieter]

[Jaga]

Pieter, I was always fascinated by these apes also! thanks for sharing

[karl]

It would so appear we humans do have a very simular DNA to such as apes and perhaps some humans do resemble such when drinking or other wise. The dividing line though, is we are human beings, not only by diffenition but our DNA and the fact of the matter, we are one of the only animal type life that is completly divorced from nature. For we do not possess the nature instilled link of instinct, all that we know and react by, is learnt. If not learnt, then we die very quickly by what ever means of the time.

Yes of course, Paleoantropology is very simular in some manners,but still divided as seperate from Anthropology which is the study of man. Chimpanzees are animals and certainly not humans. It would so appear that our learnt scientist simply use these animals to prove out a point that sounds valid, that is if not to know better.

With as above, is certainly many aspects of reaction to a given stimulas that will effect an animal in a manner simular to that of a human being, but these are only reactions that are common in the biological world of make up that constitutes the nervous system of reflex and natural means of survival. For even though some human being residing in the manner of a mind set of self destruction, their bodies still reside in the natural manner of self preservation. In short, the body will not die easily for it wants to live in as well as most living creatures of our earth.

www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/paleo/primates.html

Karl

[Jaga]

+++ The dividing line though, is we are human beings, not only by diffenition but our DNA and the fact of the matter, we are one of the only animal type life that is completly divorced from nature.+++

yes, somehow we are quite different from other animals. Frankly, I was surprised how mean they were. I thought that we, humans, could be the worst sometimes