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This undated handout picture provided by the Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project shows bonobos grooming each other at the Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Human society is founded on our ability to cooperate with others beyond our immediate family and social groups. According to a study published on November 16, 2023 in Science, we're not alone: bonobos team up with outsiders too, in everything from grooming to food sharing and even forming alliances against sexual aggressors. Lead author Liran Samuni of the German Primate Center in Goettingen told AFP studying the primates offered a “window into our past”, possibly signaling an evolutionary basis for how our own species began wider-scale collaborative endeavors. (Photo by Martin Surbeck/Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project/AFP Photo)
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