Aspect Quote by Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

Male bonobos really don't fit the human male ideal.

— Frans de Waal

“For bonobos, a turbocharged sexuality utterly divorced from reproduction is a central feature of social interaction and group cohesion. Anthropologist Marvin Harris argues that…

— Christopher Ryan

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

— Frans de Waal

Most men probably wouldn't want to live the lives of bonobos. They're constantly clinging to their mothers' apron strings. They lack the ability to…

— Frans de Waal

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

— Claudine Andre

“Researchers like Vanessa believe that the key to [bonobos] pacifism and remarkable group tolerance and cooperation is a matriarchal society: Whenever a male starts…

— Ashley Judd

“No animal spends more of its allotted time on Earth fussing over sex than Homo sapiens—not even the famously libidinous bonobo. Although we and…

— Christopher Ryan

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

“bonobos, related to chimpanzees and native to the Congo, have been found to engage in French kissing.”

— Karen Shanor

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

Looking back now on the whole sexual scene we can see that our species has remained much more loyal to its basic biological urges…

— Desmond Morris

We know less about the sexual life of little girls than of boys. But we need not feel ashamed of this distinction; after all,…

— Sigmund Freud