Stable and fluctuating social preferences and implications for cooperation among female bonobos at LuiKotale, Salonga National Park, DRC.
Liza R MoscovicePamela Heidi DouglasLaura Martinez-IñigoMartin SurbeckLinda VigilantGottfried HohmannPublished in: American journal of physical anthropology (2017)
Female bonobos exhibit stable, differentiated grooming relationships outside of kinship and philopatry. Females also exhibit flexible proximity and GG-rubbing preferences that may facilitate cooperation with a wider range of social partners.