[thechat] King Preaches Abstinence to Parading Maidens

[Tony Crockford]

> Bonobos!  Woohoo!
>
> Ha ha, now that I got my bonobo frenzy out of the way...

Here's an interesting angle based on this excerpt from
http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html


Suppose we're descendants of different primate stock, i.e we all look
the same, can intermarry etc but have a dominant characteristic derived
from our ancestry.

What ancestor would you claim?  I think I might have been an
orangutan.....

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Excerpt:

Social Organization among Various Primates

BONOBO
Bonobo communities are peace-loving and generally egalitarian. The
strongest social bonds are those among females, although females also
bond with males. The status of a male depends on the position of his
mother, to whom he remains closely bonded for her entire life.

CHIMPANZEE
In chimpanzee groups the strongest bonds are established between the
males in order to hunt and to protect their shared territory. The
females live in overlapping home ranges within this territory but are
not strongly bonded to other females or to any one male.

GIBBON
Gibbons establish monogamous, egalitarian relations, and one couple will
maintain a territory to the exclusion of other pairs.

HUMAN
Human society is the most diverse among the primates. Males unite for
cooperative ventures, whereas females also bond with those of their own
sex. Monogamy, polygamy and polyandry are all in evidence.

GORILLA
The social organization of gorillas provides a clear example of
polygamy. Usually a single male maintains a range for his family unit,
which contains several females. The strongest bonds are those between
the male and his females.

ORANGUTAN
Orangutans live solitary lives with little bonding in evidence. Male
orangutans are intolerant of one another. In his prime, a single male
establishes a large territory, within which live several females. Each
female has her own, separate home range.