Chimps Swing Both Ways
By Hannah Isom
Darwinian myths that sex is merely a means to reproduce are set to be truly disproved by the opening of the first exhibition to explore homosexuality in the animal kingdom, at the Norwegian Natural History Museum of the University of Oslo.
Far from being the preserve of humans, homosexual behaviour has been observed in over 1,500 species to date. The most well-known homosexual animal is coincidentally, one of man's closest relatives, the bonobo or dwarf chimpanzee. This entire species is bisexual, and it would seem that they prefer to 'make love not war', using sex to diffuse situations of conflict.
Chimpanzees are not the only species to use sex to take the focus away from violence. Whe
Far from being the preserve of humans, homosexual behaviour has been observed in over 1,500 species to date. The most well-known homosexual animal is coincidentally, one of man's closest relatives, the bonobo or dwarf chimpanzee. This entire species is bisexual, and it would seem that they prefer to 'make love not war', using sex to diffuse situations of conflict.
Chimpanzees are not the only species to use sex to take the focus away from violence. Whe