Vanessa Woods on the 'Bonobo Handshake' {Duke University Office Hours}

[@annecoplestone40]

I'm so excited....Primates have held a great interest and fascination for all of my conscious 83 years of living. I would so love to spend time observing the Banobos in the wild , and have the opportunity to cuddle a baby Bonoba in a sanctuary. I congratulate all those that have studied these amazing Cousins with respect and compassion as they so deserve. It's my dream to now, find assisted travel to the Congo before I leave this Planet. Sincere appreciation for the Knowledge you have shared with the World. ❤

[@Turnip-Tuneup777]

I hope your wishes comes true 😊

[@Turnip-Tuneup777]

Im excited to learn more from passionate scientists like this. Thank you internet.

[@generubinaudio]

Vanessa Woods book, Bonobo Handshake is fantastic! Incredible read.

[@MarcusAurelius33036]

What a great fun way to live and work!

[@rawdria]

I just finished her excellent book. How lovely, entertaining personality!

[@onenewworldmonkey]

Could someone please direct me to the answer to this question? Can a bonobo and chimp interbreed? Is someone wrong when they say a chimp is our closest living ancestor? Thank you to anyone who can answer.

[@Xenofan20]

This scientist is so laid back haha i love her. Damn why aren't we geneticaly closer to bonobos :'(

[@fireballfitness170]

17:19...regarding the sexual comments people make....why the book is called the bonobo handshake, something bonobos do to kind of ease the tension in their group, ...for bonobos it is not erotic at all 21:56...chimps cognitively amazing....but put the food in the middle...then one could monopolize it. Chimps also had a problem with tolerance. 22:56...Bonobos, preferred to share... 27:44... 28:10...bonobos are so like us in so many ways....it should be the other way around, what makes bonobos so awesome... how to coexist peacefully. No they're not people they are better than people. 29:10 Still researching to compare differences psychologically between Chimps and Bonobos and Humans...What is it about Humans that is special and unique. 33:30 prolific blogger... 39:38...when a Chimp and Bonobo are together... 41:20...bonobos really choose you... 49:10...the behavioral, the psychology, (the Jane Goodall stuff) we are more interested in is their cognition (how they think), ....how their psychology is different and similar to our human psychology 51:04...showed that chimps wouldn't share if they did not have to...food sharing (altruism?) Darwin showed you would do what ever you had to do to pass on your genes... Then compared bees, but those are from the same hive. Same genetic material. Then there is reciprocal altruism....but something like that parachute instructor (making the sacrifice for the person who's shoot did not open)...how is that ever going to be reciprocal. So it was exciting to see the bonobo, share food, if for nothing more than the potential for altruism.

[@portzblitz]

@smcmillan88 I'm sorry to tell you- that doesn't make sense. Not as you've written it. Does your little corner represent the larger civilized reality? If your answer is no- which is correct- than the premise you used for your comment is flawed. Retry, and see what happens. Meanwhile observe that Bonobos are one small village that acts differently from all other primate cultures... and so is yours. No look at the rest of the human world. Now RETRY... (how do you get the internet where you live?!)

[@smcmillan88]

@PicklePumpers It definitely is 90% of the reason they are so "peaceful". However, I personally think that the author portrays people as more violent than they actually are and bonobos as more peaceful than they are. Perhaps because her father fought in Vietnam and she has spent a great deal of time in war-torn Congo. She explains how female bonobos will group up on the males and "correct" them through violence. I've never seen any human gang up in this fashion outside of television and stories.

[@jacobfarrell7171]

Bonobos are actually quite violent.

[@jacobfarrell7171]

Their are videos that portrays them killing and cannibalizing their own. Facts

[@uvwuvw-ol3fg]

@@jacobfarrell7171 Wasn't there a difference between proactive and reactive violence according to the Goodness Paradox? Human society is full of hidden non-physical violence and coercion in most of the world in this day and age. Clandestine behaviour due to inter-male competition is just one.

[@smcmillan88]

In the area that I live there is no war and violence. There is no competition for resources (other than educating yourself and getting the right job). I'm not fully convinced that it is fair to parallel humans with the more violent chimpanzees. There are parts of the world where humans seem like chimpanzees and parts of the world where they are more like bonobos.

[@aaronlambert5693]

Hey Vannessa !!! Hand Share :D

[@victoriaw9029]

I love the research they have done but some of the comments she made in this interview make me question her relevance. Her blasé attitude about some of the negative behaviors of chimps is disappointing.