Bonobos are more
likely than chimps to have concern for each other (Image: ZSSD / Minden Pictures / FLPA)
The book's title, incidentally, draws on bonobos because they are more
likely than chimps to behave morally, to have concern for each other, to value harmony and so on.
Not exact matches
But, since we humans have been mixing with one another for a tens of thousands of years, since it is more
likely that any random black person on earth has more in common genetically with a random white person
than another random black person (due to probability, because there are so many black people from differing genetic subgroups), and since humans share 96 % of our genetic makeup with
chimps, the concept of «race» is really, scientifically, just a fiction best left to ignorant crazies like the Aryan nation.
If we had continued on the same diet as the
chimps,
likely we would still be eat grains in the woodlands of Africa rather
than sitting here typing on our computers discussing it.
You might recall the female
chimp's appearance in the first film as portrayed by dancer Devyn Dalton, but this time around, Cornelia is due for a significant expansion and Greer's husband is
likely more excited
than anyone.