Bonobos bully as much as chimpanzeesābut their victims differ by sex, according to new #ScienceAdvances research. https://scim.ag/4sgXciX
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Happy to see one of the final chapters of my PhD out now! šµš¦ We identified key covariates of the bonobo gut microbiome, including ecology, diet, transit time, social interactions and maternal vertical transmission within a large cohort of wild and zoo-housed bonobos.
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Jonas R.R. Torfs
Jonas R.R. Torfs
Jonas R.R. Torfs
Chimpanzees and bonobos differ in aggression distribution but not magnitude.
New publication, and first one as a first author for me! š„³
Have you heard of the brutal chimpanzee and "hippie" bonobo dichotomy? ā ļøšļø
Today, we report similar aggression magnitudes in 22 captive chimpanzees and bonobos groups - be it all aggression or restricted to contact.
A comprehensive atlas of the bonobo gut bacteriome and its associated host and exposome factors
