The behavior of humans, chimpanzees and other primates has been a topic of great interest for many years. It rises from the fact that these groups have been found to share some similarities in many aspects ranging from morphological to behavioral. This essay examines the behavior of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Bonobos (Pan paniscus) and how they relate to humans. This behavior will be studied on the aspects such as social behavior, sexuality and eating habits. This essay will show that some of these behavioral characteristics are shared while others are not. Social behavior The chimpanzee society is such that the males control and dominate the females and the male’s aggression and sexual coercion directed at females (Stanford, 1998). Thus the females are only play the role of reproducing.
