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I think if we study the primates, we notice that a lot of these things that we value in ourselves, such as human morality, have a connection with primate behavior.
The Bonobo in All of Us (2007)
Clearly, we have both of these sides in us, and that's why I sometimes call us "the bipolar apes."
The Bonobo in All of Us (2007)
Our societies are constructed around the interface between those two, so we need both actually.
The Bonobo in All of Us (2007)
I first saw them in 1978. At the time, I knew a lot about chimps, because I had been studying them. I saw the bonobos at a zoo in Holland, and I thought immediately, they're totally different.
The Bonobo in All of Us (2007)
It is true that the chimpanzee is dominance-oriented, violent, territorial. But it's also cooperative in many ways, and so that side is sometimes forgotten. The bonobo is sensual, sensitive, sexual, a peacemaker, but also can have a nasty side, and that's sometimes forgotten.
The Bonobo in All of Us (2007)