Bonobo
Bonobos, or "pigmy chimpanzees", are an endangered[1] ape species in the genus Pan (the only other being the common chimp). Bonobos are more peaceful and social than the common chimpanzee. Bonobos share about 98% of their DNA with humans and slightly more than the common chimpanzee shares with humans.[2] Unlike many other apes, they walk upright a signficant fraction of the time.
Anatomy and Behavior
Females are smaller than males but unlike in many other ape species the female hierarchy of dominance matters more than that of the males. Bonobos pass the mirror test and have facial expressions close enough to those of humans such that humans can often recognize what emotion a bonobo is expressing. [2] Individual bonobos also have very different facial features such that humans can easily differentiate one bonobo from another.
Proponents of evolutionary psychology often point to bonobos as examples of an evolutionary adaptation in which a species acquired the strategy of bartering sex to enhance social status or to resolve disputes[3]. Homosexual activists haved cite bonobos as examples of animals who perform homosexual acts[4][5] . The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), a group which believes that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be cured argues the bonobo behavior is is not sexual but rather are aggressive acts to assert dominance much like when a dog mounts a person's leg[6]
Pedophilic behavior is also common in bonobos.[7]
All of these examples of deviant sexual behavior on the part of bonobos demonstrate that they do not embrace the Lord. If we can properly proselytize the Good News, perhaps they will cease these activities.
References
- â PrimateInfo.Net
- â 2.0 2.1 Bonobos at the Columbus Zoo
- â Bonobo Sex and Society
- â Chris Bull, Monkey love - homosexual behavior in primates, The Advocate, June 10, 1997.3
- â Steve Sailer, "Chimps and Chumps : What monkeys don't tell us about man," National Review, Sept 27, 1999.
- â Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, "The Animal Homosexuality Myth," NARTH.
- â De Waal, F. (1990). Sociosexual behavior used for tension regulation in all age and sex combinations among Bonobos. In J. Feierman (Ed.), Pedophilia: Biosocial dimensions (pp. 379â393). New York: Springer.