Tame Theory: Did Bonobos Domesticate Themselves?
Time and again humans have domesticated wild animals, producing tame individuals with softer appearances and more docile temperaments, such as dogs and guinea pigs. But a new study suggests that one of our primate cousins--the African ape known as the bonobo --did something similar without human involvement. It domesticated itself. [More] ...
Source: Scientific American - Wednesday, 25 January
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