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Stanley Krippner's avatar

I do not know why bonobos have been ignored by most anthropologistS for so many decades.

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Jerry Weinstock's avatar

Another great article! And really well-written.

Since you brought up prehistoric origins, what do you think about my "theory" which I've written about in books and articles—

“Unlike other primate females who show visible signs of fertility that signal to males their readiness for reproduction, women’s hidden ovulation meant that reproduction was hit-or-miss. To compensate for this threat to survival and to negotiate the who, how, where, and when of humanity’s new all-the-time, anytime “mating game,” humans had to evolve more complex forms of communication. Was it possible that our unique hyper-sexuality, uncoupled from instinctual reproduction, drove the evolution of speech and language that ultimately developed into human civilization?”

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