The evolution of sexuality in chimpanzees and bonobos

Wrangham, Richard W.

doi:10.1007/bf02734089

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The evolution of sexuality in chimpanzees and bonobos

Wrangham, Richard W.·1993·Human Nature

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The evolution of nonconceptive sexuality in bonobos and chimpanzees is discussed from a functional perspective. Bonobos and chimpanzees have three functions of sexual activity in common (paternity confusion, practice sex, and exchange for favors), but only bonobos use sex purely for communication about social relationships. Bonobo hypersexuality appears closely linked to the evolution of female-female alliances. I suggest that these alliances were made possible by relaxed feeding competition, that they were favored through their effect on reducing sexual coercion, and that they are ultimately responsible for the relaxed social conditions that allowed the evolution of "communication sex."

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Authors: Wrangham, R. W.
Affiliations: Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author: Wrangham, Richard W.
ORCID: Wrangham, Richard W.
Venue: Human Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1993-03
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Pages: 47-79
ISSN: 1045-6767 (ISSN-L)
1936-4776
DOI: 10.1007/bf02734089
OpenAlex: W2021924521
Cited by: 249
References: 85
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 1.97
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Human Nature (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords: bonobos, chimpanzees, hypersexuality, sexual communication, interpersonal relationships, sexual coercion, feeding competition, primate social evolution

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