Chimpanzee and Bonobo -- Humans come in "two" general inclinations

Humanity’s closest primates are common chimpanzees and bonobos — both of the genus Pan.

Not to be confused with the Greek god Pan or the word pan (which means “all”), these two “cousins” of ours reveal two general inclinations in/of humanity.

Chimps could bite your face off …if you threaten them, look at them wrong, misunderstand their teethy mouth threat, or encroach upon their territory unwelcomed. They know male and female in our species. Male chimps have been known to attack human males by attempting to castrate them with their teeth. Male chimps are very patriarchal, hierarchical, tribal, territorial, and antagonistically aggressive. They are very competitive over females. The Disney movie Chimpanzee caught an alpha male adopting an orphaned young male who was in desperate need of support just after his mother was killed in a chimp territorial tribal “war.” The degree of general chimp aggression is still somewhat in scientific doubt as there has been some variability in long-term study methods that may have effected the results, but though general natural tendencies may be slightly in doubt, overall chimp aggression, as exhibited in specific encounters, is not. Chimps have lived in human families, have learned sign language, and do have self-recognition.

Bonobos are their ‘swinging’ opposites. The strength of female sexual bonding creates a more egalitarian tribal structure that is female and “group” dominate. Poly-amorous relationships are frequent, group wide, socially bonding, human-like, and co-ed. Bonobos are smaller and much less male aggressive, though not completely peaceful. Though male bonobos are less territorial and ‘patroling’ oriented, female bonobos are actually more aggressive than female chimps. Both chimps and bonobos are more aggressive than humans and proportionally stronger.

Gaytheists (or gatheist - those who do not believe in the natural existence of homosexuality) may claim that human heterosexuality is a natural law, but hormonal variations/fluctuations in humans in the womb, during childhood, and across lifespans, hermaphroditism and its many variations, homosexuality in domesticated animals species (especially sheep), and just the general trends in history (like the ancient Greeks) evidences that this is categorically not true.

Humans have allergies to sunlight and water, variations that include different types of dwarfism and giantism, fetal gonads that drop down from the upper chest while in the wound (from their location in our connection to fish), a common ‘genital ridge’ (a singular common sex organ prototype) until about the 7th or 8th week in the womb, and complex enviro-psycho-socio-cultural conditioning and experiences, so gender/sexual fluidity is really an understatement.

Are you more chimp or bonobo? Do you know? Will you stay that way? How did you AND how did we get there? Anthropology, Bonobology, and Chimpology may help you self-recognize more clearly.