What We Can Learn About Ourselves from Chimpanzees and Bonobos

Genetically, chimpanzees and bonobos are our closest relatives. While they are very similar in appearance, they are fundamentally different in social behavior. Bonobos live by the motto “Make love, not war,” while chimpanzees live by the motto “Make war, not love.” In this podcast, I will shed light on the difference between the two species and explain what we can learn about ourselves from this.

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Read article: https://open.substack.com/pub/bernhardexplores/p/what-we-can-learn-about-ourselves?r=3oqs68&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Further:

Book “Demonic Males”, R Wrangham, D Peterson, Bloomsbury, London, 1997

Book “Bonobo Handshake”, Vanessa Woods, Gotham Books, New York, 2010

Film “Rise of the Warrior Apes”, James Reed, 2017

Article “Why Is There So Much Aggression?: https://open.substack.com/pub/bernhardexplores/p/why-is-there-so-much-aggression?r=3oqs68&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Article “Is Monogamy Natural for Us?”: https://open.substack.com/pub/bernhardexplores/p/is-monogamy-natural-for-us?r=3oqs68&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Article “To Survive as a Species, We MUST Work Together”: https://open.substack.com/pub/bernhardexplores/p/to-survive-as-a-species-we-must-work?r=3oqs68&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web and https://rumble.com/v6s8u2v-to-survive-as-a-species-we-must-work-together.html

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