Food Sharing across Borders

First Observation of Intercommunity Meat Sharing by Bonobos at LuiKotale, DRC

Bibliographic Data

ID5293279
AuthorsBarbara Fruth (0000-0001-9217-3053, Liverpool John Moores University, corresponding author), Gottfried Hohmann (0000-0002-4923-6095, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
Year2018
Volume29
Issue2
Pages91-103
Publication date2018-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Nature (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-6767 • E-ISSN: 1936-4776
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12110-018-9311-9
PMID29619667
OpenAlexW2795515428
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited58

Evolutionary models consider hunting and food sharing to be milestones that paved the way from primate to human societies. Because fossil evidence is scarce, hominoid primates serve as referential models to assess our common ancestors' capacity in terms of communal use of resources, food sharing, and other forms of cooperation. Whereas chimpanzees form male-male bonds exhibiting resource-defense polygyny with intolerance and aggression toward nonresidents, bonobos form male-female and female-female bonds resulting in relaxed relations with neighboring groups. Here we report the first known case of meat sharing between members of two bonobo communities, revealing a new dimension of social tolerance in this species. This observation testifies to the behavioral plasticity that exists in the two Pan species and contributes to scenarios concerning the traits of the last common ancestor of Pan and Homo. It also contributes to the discussion of physiological triggers of in-group/out-group behavior and allows reconsideration of the emergence of social norms in prehuman societies

Behavioural sciences · Data science · Computer Science · Livestock and Poultry Management · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Psychology

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