Science
Female wild bonobos provide care for infants outside their social group – Phys.org
Scientists have witnessed bonobo apes adopting infants who were born outside of their social group for the first time in the wild.
Scientists have witnessed bonobo apes adopting infants who were born outside of their social group for the first time in the wild.
Researchers, including psychologists at Durham University, UK, twice saw the unusual occurrence among bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in central Africa.
They say their findings give us greater insight into the parental instincts of one of humans’ closest relatives and could help to explain the emotional reason behind why people readily adopt children who…
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