Unrelated adoptions by bonobos may point to altruistic traits, study says

Nahoko Tokuyama says she couldn’t believe what she was seeing when she noticed the wild bonobo with an unknown infant on her back in the Luo Scientific Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The bonobo, an 18-year-old named Marie, already had two young offspring — 2-year-old Margaux and 5-year-old Marina. Marie hadn’t recently … Continue reading Unrelated adoptions by bonobos may point to altruistic traits, study says