bonobo
倭寇,倭奴,倭黑猩猩
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plural bo·no·bos.
- : a small chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, primarily of swamp forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, having long legs, black face, pink lips, and parted hair on its head: an endangered species.
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That ancestor, who lived roughly 7 million years ago, had hands designed much like those of tree-adept, knuckle-walking chimps and bonobos, he and his colleagues say.
It may be because chimpanzees have natural predators and bonobos, for geographical reasons, don’t.
That was especially true of higher-ranking bonobos in the community, suggesting some awareness of having broken a joint commitment and wanting to signal friendly intent when rejoining lower-ranking grooming partners, the scientists say.
Still, it’s likely that bonobos think in less complex ways than people do about mutual commitments, Heesen and colleagues say.
In previous studies, even 3-year-old children were much less willing to interrupt joint tasks for rewards than bonobos were in the new experiments.