Responding to "Homosexuality is wrong, the same way incest is wrong"

[MTL]

The "solve" their disputes with sex?  Really?  This is documented?

If Yes, how interesting.

Oscar Wilde wrote:

" Everything in the world is about sex...except sex.  Sex is about power. "

Not really.

"We didn't find any definite cases of killing by bonobos, though there was one case of a male bonobo who was severely attacked by members of his own group and never seen again," Wilson said.

http://www.livescience.com/47885-chimpan...ution.html

Seeking the answer to that question, researchers noted that infanticide is almost unknown among bonobos.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/librar...73_03.html

Notice the word "almost" in that sentence, and what it really means.  If it never happened, it would not be "almost unknown;" it would be simply "unknown."

Bonobos are less violent than common chimpanzees.  But "less violent" does not mean that they are not sometimes violent.


Edited to add:

Females that have strong bonds keep males away from food and often attack males, biting off their fingers and toes (de Waal 1997).

http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/e...nobo/behav

wow.  thanks for the detailed info!!