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Isabel Behncke O dom da evolução da brincadeira, dos macacos bonobo para os humanos.

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Em vídeo nunca vísto antes, a primatologista Isabel Behncke Izquierdo mostra como a sociedade dos macacos bonobo aprende pelas brincadeiras constantes - sozinhos, com amigos e mesmo como um prelúdio do sexo. De fato, as brincadeiras parecem ser a chave para os bonobos resolverem problemas e evitarem conflítos. Se elas funcionam para os nossos prímos mais próximos, por que náo funcionariam para nós?

TED Fellow Isabel Behncke Izquierdo studies the social behavior (and play behavior in particular) of wild bonobos in DR Congo. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese, Brazilian by Luiz Alexandre Gruszynski
Reviewed by Durval Castro
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