[ExI] humans as much bonobo as chimp

[Stefano Vaj]

On 19 June 2012 23:36, John Grigg <possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It would make for an interesting science fiction novel, to show a world
> where humans came exclusively from the Bonobo side.  It could be a parallel
> worlds novel, with our violence shocking them, and their sexual abandon
> horrifying us...
>

In principle, gorillas went their way first, then the Homo clade, chimps
and bonobos diversified at a later stage, so strictly speaking a bonobo may
be more a chimp than a human, but a human cannot be more one than the
other...

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Stefano Vaj
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