“Like my prehistoric hunter-gatherer ancestors, I hit the road fairly often in my footloose youth. From Yales Dramat to Afghanistans Bamiyan Buddhas, from the tantric ashrams of Kathmandu to the lib...”

“In Bonoboville, the females gently but firmly rule the roost, keeping the males gentle and firm”

“I loved the zebras, the cheetahs, the fruit flies, the octopi and the rest. But The Nature of Sex climaxed with a species Id never heard of before, bonobos, which the narrator also called by their ...”

“I squinted through the big window, a portal to another world, trying to get a better view of the primal love scene before us. All I could see was a mass of wriggling fur and finger-like toes until ...”

“Release your Inner Bonobo”

“Though bonobos tend to be a lot hairier than usand they dont build houses or churches or Pentagons like we dothese primates look and act remarkably human. They often even go beyond the merely human...”

“Sex is flagrantly separated from reproduction in a few species, including bonobos and dolphins.”

“Bonobo discipline involves being schooled in a gentler, more playful fashion.”

“Aw... dont be so upset. Come here and sit on my face.”

“The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for t...”

“If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals, what must we be?”

“It was the last time I would ever do that.”

“The list below begins to illustrate how different personalities can be assigned to different vocal qualities . . .”

“Start by loving, instead of needing.”

“Loving money is more of a problem for those who do not have it.”