Bonobos Quote by Claudine Andre

I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or not at all. The…

— Frans de Waal

Bonobos are unique among great apes because they are not dominated by males.

— Claudine Andre

“In a world divided by chimpophiles and bonobophiles, we all had a good laugh when Stephen peeled his banana. (62)”

— Frans de Waal

Being both more systematically brutal than chimps and more empathetic than bonobos, we are by far the most bipolar ape. Our societies are never…

— Frans de Waal

We have a lot to learn from [bonobos], because they're a very egalitarian society and they're a very empathetic society. Sexual behavior is not…

— Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

Bonobos don't really have that darker side. So that's where they could really help us is how could it be that a species that…

— Claudine Andre

“Meet the bonobos, the rare and marvelous “make love not war” great apes who swing through the trees as well as with each other.”

— Anonymous

Its important to remember that we evolved. Now, I know thats a dirty word for some people, but we evolved from common ancestors with…

— Louise Leakey

Don't fall in love with a bonobo, because it's gonna die.

— Anderson Cooper

We can learn a great deal from whales. It is the same lesson we can learn from our close genetic relatives, the bonobo apes…

— Riane Eisler

Female bonobos form a strong sisterhood. They rule through female solidarity.

— Frans de Waal

Bonobo studies started in the '70s and came to fruition in the '80s. Then in the '90s, all of a sudden, boom, they ended…

— Frans de Waal