MaudMouginot
@MaudMouginot
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Postdoc at Boston University working on humans and also interested in bonobos and chimpanzees. French science-fiction writer.
Joined October 2022
‘Peaceful’ male bonobos may actually be more aggressive than chimps
newscientist.com
Bonobos have long been regarded as the peaceful ape, in sharp contrast with violent chimpanzees, but a study based on thousands of hours of observations suggests the real story is more nuanced
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Rethinking bonobos: Not just peace-loving apes! 🌺 New research shows their aggression levels might surprise you. #Bonobos #PrimateResearch #AnimalBehavior 🐒
discovermagazine.com
Although both bonobos and chimps both act aggressively to gain a mate, they each take a different approach to violence.
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Discovered this morning on @franceinter that @Werbernard talked about our research on bonobos and chimpanzees. As I am also a french SF writer, it is quite a big honor! Merci! https://t.co/8nXLTTISIM
radiofrance.fr
Une étude récente constate que les mâles bonobos sont non seulement trois fois plus agressifs que leurs homologues chimpanzés, mais sont aussi ceux qui se reproduisent le plus. Des différences...
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Les bonobos ont gagné une réputation de quasi-"hippies", utilisant le sexe comme façon de résoudre les conflits. Pourtant, une nouvelle étude révèle qu'ils sont loin d'être pacifistes 🙊 https://t.co/o0Jcl2GPrU
l.sciencesetavenir.fr
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New study challenges assumptions about #bonobos and #chimpanzees, revealing surprising insights into aggression and mating behaviors. #PrimateBehavior
https://t.co/Ky10GEBFoc
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Here's the Mongabay's take on @MaudMouginot et al.'s piece on aggression in bonobos and chimpanzees:
news.mongabay.com
Anthropologist Maud Mouginot recalls an encounter with bonobos early one morning in 2019 deep in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo that helped revise her impression of them as the...
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My latest story for @NatGeo explores why bonobo males, surprisingly, are more often aggressive to other males than chimpanzee males are, featuring @MaudMouginot, @MikeLWilson1871 and Martin Surbeck (@kokolopori).
nationalgeographic.com
Scientists were surprised at just how often the males of the species lash out at each other. Some experts suggest females may play a crucial role in the conflicts.
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When @MaudMouginot started on this collaboration with Martin Surbeck @kokolopori, we thought it would just confirm what everyone already knew: male bonobos are less aggressive than chimpanzees. Instead we found more frequent aggression by male bonobos:
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