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The trigger is often a male’s aggression, sometimes toward a young bonobo, and the female response is swift and violent. “You know why these males don’t try to overstep boundaries,” Fruth ...

Fully 85 percent of cases of female coalitionary aggression were directed at males, which also tend to be larger than females. ... “In bonobo communities, females have a lot to say.

Bonobos form girl groups to fend off male aggression, ... “It’s very clear that you don’t want to overstep as a male bonobo,” said study author Martin Surbeck from Harvard University.

These female apes found a way to limit male aggression For decades it had been a mystery how female Bonobos, cousins to humans, claim higher positions than males in their troop hierarchy. April 24 ...

Bonobo behavior, however, offers another window on the past because they, too, shared our 5-million-year-old ancestor, diverging from chimps just 2 million years ago. Bonobos have been less studied ...

Bonobos in Congo Form Girl Groups to Fend off Male Aggression, Study Says. Science News. ... This image provided by Martin Surbeck shows a female bonobo being groomed by another in the Congo in 2020.

NEW YORK -- Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds. Along with chimpanzees, bonobos are among humans' closest relatives.

Bonobos in Congo form girl groups to fend off male aggression, study says. ... This image provided by Martin Surbeck shows a female bonobo being groomed by another in the Congo in 2020.

(Martin Surbeck/Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project via AP) NEW YORK – Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds.

NEW YORK (AP) — Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds. Along with chimpanzees, bonobos are among humans' closest relatives ...