Talk:Bonobo

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diet

I changed "This primate is frugivorous" to "The bonobo is an omnivorous frugivore". It is a more precise and less confusing description. The links to other wiki pages contain language that backs up this change. For instance on the wiki frugivore page "A frugivore is a fruit eater. It can be any type of herbivore or omnivore where fruit is a preferred food type." and on the wiki omnivore page, "Various mammals are omnivorous in the wild, such as the Hominidae...." The rest of the section is both accurate and well referenced and also explains quite well why Bonobos are classified as omnivorous frugivores. 68.12.189.233 (talk) 08:18, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

diversity of faces

'The bonobo also has highly individuated facial features, as humans do, so that one individual may look significantly different from another, a characteristic adapted for visual facial recognition in social interaction." - this statement is very doubtful. Humans are adapted to differentiate between human faces. The bonobo face is similar in structure to the human face. This might be the cause of the apparent diversity in bonobo faces that is perceived by humans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.247.233.14 (talk) 17:29, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Locomotion change reference

I changed the line where it said Bonobos use bipedal motion less than 1% of the time. That was based on a study from 1993 and since then multiple observations have shown Bonobos ranging from even lower than 1% to substantially more than that. I was going to use this specific link as the reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1571309/ But I have no idea how to actually make a reference in the article, so if someone could put the reference in at the end of the sentence that'd be great. TheMadcapSyd (talk) 16:55, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for this, sorry it was reverted so quickly, editors are (generally rightly) wary of an unsourced statements. Jack (talk) 15:26, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Incomplete article

Where is all the details on gestation and the proper details on their sex anatomy to other chimps. It seems this article over focuses on the "popular" stuff. really think these articles need more information. --Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ (talk) 13:41, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

You're right! I'll have a look into it now. Cheers, Jack (talk) 13:45, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Commentary on Cooperation

Template:WAP assignment Bonobos are one of two species of the genus Pan. They are essentially chimpanzees, though are smaller, less violent, and much more sexual than the common chimpanzee. In this Wikipedia article, much information is wanting as to the cooperation of bonobos in the wild. This article’s discussion of their social behavior focuses largely on their sexual practices and their engagement of homosexual activity. Cooperative traits such as kin selection and reciprocity are not mentioned in this article. Briefly, the article mentions that bonobos are altruistic, but the article fails to elaborate and say exactly how. This article can be improved by discussing the role of cooperation in child-rearing, avoiding predators, building shelters, and gathering food. Marklxb (talk) 19:52, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Bonobo genome available

The bonobo genome has recently become available. See http://www.eva.mpg.de/bonobo-genome and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Traces/wgs/?val=AJFE01

77.64.208.236 (talk) 19:20, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

See also this article in Nature. Gobōnobo ^{+ c} 21:12, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Broken image file

When I attempt to load this high-resolution image file, I only get the upper 20% of the image.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Pan_paniscus_%28female%29.jpg

My guess is the file is missing data.