Bonobos Left & Right Primate Politics Heats Up Again as Liberals & Conservatives Spindoctor Science

[malkin767]

by Frans de Waal

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a thorn in the side of homophobes as well as Hobbesians

[clmethod]

Well written.

Yes, I immediately wondered why aggression in zoos was applicable to the species, but the sexuality in zoos was not.

I hope Jane Goodall is too busy to read this junk.

[scholarinexile]

It infuriates me the degree to which conservatives will go to distort science in the name of ideology. The hell of it is, this article will never see as much press as the more damaging one.

[kenosis]

That's hardly something conservatives have a monopoly on, though.

[shera34]

I just want to know why bonobos are EVERYWHERE right now! Its fine with me, since I am finishing my thesis on them, but man. Maybe it is just because I live in Milwaukee, where the largest captive population of Bonobos live, and coverage of them is usually more than in other places.