primate

But the largest number of primate species--thirty-four--have a promiscuous system in which females routinely associate and copulate with multiple males.

But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.

A century ago, people laughed at the notion that we were descended from monkeys. Today, the individuals most offended by that claim are the monkeys.

Though bonobos tend to be a lot hairier than us__nd they don__ build houses or churches or Pentagons like we do__hese primates look and act remarkably human. They often even go beyond the merely __uman,_ and enter the realm of the truly __umane.