";s:4:"text";s:4857:" "Meat preferences appear to vary across habitats, possibly driven by broken or heavy forest and maybe reflecting the cultures of separate bonobo populations, said White, who heads the Department of Anthropology and is curator of primate osteology at the UO's Museum of Natural and Cultural History. "Bonobos are a type of chimpanzee, and we are continuing to assess the differences between these different species," said UO doctoral student Colin Brand.
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Their goal was to solidify the idea that bonobos, a female-dominated ape species, eat meat more often than previously believed.The research effort—funded by the Leakey Foundation and National Geographic Society—paid off. They also found that females control the duiker carcasses and get aggressive when other bonobos, especially males, reach for a handout but that they also show tolerance and will share with subadult males.In one instance, an adult male tried to retain control of a carcass by clutching it in its arms and running away from a group, said Alexana J. Hickmott, a UO doctoral student. April 30, 2019 In another, a female protecting a carcass punched a persistently begging young male in the face with a closed fist.Most research on the evolution of food consumption and sharing among apes has focused on chimps.
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