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Research finds our social skills may be defining difference between humans, apes

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Humans and apes share many characteristics and even more DNA. But we diverge greatly in the way we influence the world around us. New research, by a Harvard anthropologist, suggests it may be because of the way we interact with each other — and not just the way we think.

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Xenophobia’s Evolutionary Roots

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Is it human nature to distrust people unlike ourselves?

Bonobo Bliss

While other species fight over food and mates, Bonobo apes seem to feel there’s plenty of food and sex to go round.

The Make Love, Not War Species

The bonobo is as genetically similar to humans as the chimpanzee. These peace-loving apes live in matriarchal societies and use sex to deal with competition and anger. They reside only in a very small area of forest below the Congo River in Africa and the

The Make Love, Not War Species

Bonobos, members of the great ape family, have very elaborate, and unique, social and sexual behaviors.

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