Aug 10 2011: Bonobos indeed present a very intriguing puzzle. We have so much to learn from them yet. This recent article in the New Yorker sheds some more light on the bonobo apes:
"Bonobos are celebrated as peace-loving, matriarchal, and sexually liberated. Are they?"
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A comment on Talk: Isabel Behncke: Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans
"Bonobos are celebrated as peace-loving, matriarchal, and sexually liberated. Are they?"
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/07/30/070730fa_fact_parker?currentPage=all