Bonobos Convergence

Bonobos Convergence: Who's Chuck Fimp?

by Walter Kolosky
November 19, 2006

I know what you are thinking. Who are the bonobos and why are they converging? I wondered too. A little bit of research informed me that the bonobo is considered the most “human-like of the chimpanzees. They share many of our hand gestures and facial expressions, and will even walk upright when they want to. Scientists postulate that the bonobos can feel and show sympathy, kindness, altruism and many more human emotions and traits. Unlike their chimp cousins, the bonobos ...