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Durham University: Bonobos and Chimps Give Insight Into Early Human Sexual Behaviour
March 08, 2025
OLD ELVET, England, March 8 -- Durham University issued the following news:

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Bonobos and chimps give insight into early human sexual behaviour

Using sex to manage social tension dates back over six million years to humans' common ape ancestor, according to a new study.

Comparing sister species

Researchers from our Department of Psychology compared sexual behaviour within sanctuary-living bonobos and chimpanzees during tim . . .

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