Bonobo

Anthropology-101 BONOBOS Species Origination and Geographical Distribution         -The bonobo is the most recently discovered great ape in modern times.  It was revealed in 1929 by German anatomist Ernest Schwarz that a skull once thought belonging to a juvenile chimpanzee was in fact a new subspecies of chimpanzee known now as the Pan paniscus, or bonobo. (Waal 6)  During the Pleistocene epoch approximately 1.5 million years ago, the Congo River was formed in what is now the Democratic Republic

Humans and Bonobos Hi, I am going to tell you facts about the mysterious bonobo. Bonobos are more closely related to humans than any other species of animal in the world. They also have a similar shaped head to humans.Bonobos have a limited gene diversity due to poaching. Bonobos are currently in a special program to breed before they are all gone.Father and Daughter bonobos can breed together, but the same cannot be said for Sons and Mothers. Bonobos like to keep a steady relationship with their

The bonobo has pink lips, a black face, and black hair that parts straight down the middle of its head. It has tuff, black fur. It’s smaller, leaner, and darker than its cousin, the chimpanzee. Females weigh about 63 pounds and males weigh about 85 pounds. Male bonobos grow to be about 4 feet tall and females grow to be about 3.5 feet tall. They usually live to be about 60 years old. They eat fruits, leaves, flowers, insects, and small mammals. They are secondary consumers because they eat small

amongst the Bonobos and Chimpanzees; however, each primate species shares similar social traits that are common among the human species. In the various short videos on Bonobos and Chimps indicated that Chimps are violent creatures where males must assert social dominance by abusing their female counterpart. If a group of chimps were to encounter another group of chimps then there would be war amongst the two group. On the other hand, bonobos are the complete opposites of the chimp cousins. Bonobos are female

Why do we say that Bonobo has intelligence? Similar to humans might be a partial reason why Bonobo is classified as intelligence animal. Many evidences show that Bonobo expresses its intelligence in the natural world. Bonobo is highly intelligence and physically similar to human ancestor. Bonobos were discovered in the forest along the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1927. They are named as the “pygmy chimpanzees” because of the similarities in their physical traits with chimpanzees

Bonobos are smart and well-rounded animals because they are omnivores, however, their diet consists of mostly fruits. During the off seasons of these staple resources, they must rely on fallback food when their preferred foods are unavailable. Extremely social animals, Bonobos search for their food by using a unique form of communication to locate and inform their group members of the food source. A bonobo’s diet is diverse and According to table 3 in The Apes: Challenges for the 21st Century, fruit

camouflage to their environment. Every species also has their way of reproducing and copulation, whether for necessity or for enjoyment. Two species with different mating habits are the Apis mellifera, better known as honey bees, and Pan paniscus, Bonobos apes. The former uses its reproduction methods for the survival of the entire colony of honey bees in exchange with the death of few and the former uses copulation in a social setting in order to keep the peace of the pack. Honey bees, or Apis mellifera

The chimpanzee became its own species when it separated from bonobos about 2 to 3 million years ago (Mitchell, and Gonder). According to the article “Chimps And Bonobos”, this most likely happened because of allopatric speciation which is the separation of a species through physical forces like mountains or rivers that isolate the two groups. The physical force that separated the two species was most likely Zaire River which is also called the Congo River in Sub-Sahara Africa. About 2 million years

took notes of what I saw and researched information on the species in order to fully understand the meaning of each discernable behavior. The first documentary that I watched was diffused by KPBS San Diego and allowed me to observe a community of Bonobos living in their natural habitat in Congo. Secondly, I watched a BBC documentary which allowed me to observe a small community of Chimpanzees living in the Kyambura Gorge of Uganda. I then watched a second BBC documentary which permitted me to observe

Anastasia is a bonobo who has one daughter name Songololo. Currently, they both are living in a enclosure with other bonobos and Sophie. Anastasia is very mean, cruel and over protective because of the way she was treated with humans. She was adopted by Sophie’s mom who took care of her, right after she was betrayed by her owners because she was being all tough and active. After, her owners betrayed her, she felt lonely by herself in the enclosure and had to get along in a new environment with other