Mothers Matter! High Social Status and Maternal Support Play an Important Role in Mating Success of Male Bonobos
source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100831201424.htm
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ScienceDaily (Sep. 5, 2010) — Success is sexy -- a statement that applies not just to human beings, but also to various other animals. Male bonobos appear to benefit from this phenomenon as well. A team of researchers led by Gottfried Hohmann of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has discovered that the higher up a male bonobo is placed in the social hierarchy, the greater his mating success is with female bonobos.
link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100831201424.htm
link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100831201424.htm
