Chapter
The Evolution of Social Behavior in Bonobos
1:02:09 - 1:07:54 (05:44)
This podcast explores the social revolution of bonobos and how female mammals were able to hang out together, thanks to their relatively wealthy environment with a lot of fruit, which provided high calories to support their expensive calorific requirements as females.
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Female mammals are often constrained by resources as being a female mammal is expensive calorically, and female mammals have to spend a lot of energy on procreation and carrying babies, whereas the infants of some herbivores like giraffes start walking instantly.
1:02:09 - 1:05:07 (02:57)
Summary
Female mammals are often constrained by resources as being a female mammal is expensive calorically, and female mammals have to spend a lot of energy on procreation and carrying babies, whereas the infants of some herbivores like giraffes start walking instantly.
ChapterThe Evolution of Social Behavior in Bonobos
Episode#598: Primatologist Isabel Behncke on Play, Sexual Selection, and Lessons from Following Bonobos for 3,000 Kilometers in the Jungles of Congo
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
This podcast episode discusses infanticide in the animal kingdom, specifically in lions, bears, and bonobos, and argues that avoiding infanticide is important for female survival.
1:05:07 - 1:07:54 (02:47)
Summary
This podcast episode discusses infanticide in the animal kingdom, specifically in lions, bears, and bonobos, and argues that avoiding infanticide is important for female survival. The speaker also briefly touches on the genetic investment perspective of this issue.