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There’s a strange connection between human laughter and primate aggression that evolutionary science can’t figure out

Here's something that'll make your next giggle session feel a bit weird: scientists genuinely can't figure out if your laughter evolved from joyful chimp panting or from the threatening bared-teeth ...
insider.si.edu

Aggression and peacefulness in humans and other primates / edited by James Silverberg and J. Patrick Gray

Violence and peacefulness as behavioral potentialities of primates / James Silverberg and J. Patrick Gray -- Aggression as a well-integrated part of primate social relationships : a critique of the ...
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Scientists Rethink the ‘Peaceful Primate’ Reputation of Bonobos

Bonobos (Pan Paniscus) on a tree branch. The Swearing and Aggressive Bonobo ( Pan paniscus). Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa© Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock.com For decades, scientists believed ...
The Baltimore Sun

Bonobos are the only primates that don’t kill their own but unite when facing threats

Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos, even during conflicts with ...
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Sexual coercion in primates and humans : an evolutionary perspective on male aggression against females / edited by Martin N. Muller, Richard W. Wrangham

Male aggression and sexual coercion of females in primates / Martin N. Muller, Sonya M. Kahlenberg, and Richard W. Wrangham -- Evolution of sexual coercion with respect to sexual selection and sexual ...
The Boston Globe

It’s in our nature to be disagreeable — and worse

In her April 17 op-ed, “On the same side, until we weren’t,” Elissa Ely closes with, “Honestly, human nature never changes.” Agreed, because our nature is of the primate family, of which we are ...