Apes Have Feelings Too

Bonobos are one of the most human looking apes I feel. Scientific research has discovered emotional development similarities between children and Bonobos. This idea suggests that emotions in great apes are regulated in a human way to some extent. Tests were able to be performed to guess the response that they believed if human type emotions were present would take place and in this study it was proven correct. Bonobos were found to often give body comfort to though in distress such as hugging and kissing! Now it cant get much cuter than that.

This finding will enable scientists and researchers to study how behavior and social frameworks developed as well as proving to people that these beautiful and unique apes really are just like us in far more ways than you may have ever expected.

And a question to leave you pondering, if Bonobos are that similar to us, share so much in common and even feel and comfort each other as we do, how do people not only kill them but eat them? How do we feel that this is acceptable when all they really are are slightly underdeveloped humans. Hey we were like that 3.5 million years ago too!!

To give the paper a read click the link below,
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/10/09/1316449110
or just a little more detail
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131014155739.htm