Joan B. Silk

Nov 16, 2023 | science.org | Huan Wang |Jeremy Owen |Jerrin Thomas George |Joan B. Silk

AbstractScientific reconstructions of the behavior of the ancestors of modern humans are informed by evidence from fossils, ancient artifacts, genomes of ancient and modern peoples, and the behavior of living nonhuman primates. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus) play an especially important role in these efforts because they are the closest living relatives of modern humans.

Nov 16, 2023 | sciencemag.org | Huan Wang |Jeremy Owen |Jerrin Thomas George |Joan B. Silk

PerspectiveAnthropologyBonobos provide insight into the origins of partner-specific cooperation in human groupsGet full access to this articleView all available purchase options and get full access to this article. References and Notes1L. Samuni, M. Surbeck, Science 382, 805 (2023). 2T. Furuichi, Int. J. Primatol. 41, 203 (2020). 3K. E. Langergraber, in The Evolution of Primate Societies (Univ. Chicago Press, 2012). 4R. McElreath, R.