Cheuvanist Chimps: Correlations between male-female violence, stress hormones and fecundity

Hecate submitted, created time 1 year 11 months (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)

A study out of Boston University demonstrates that male-on-female violence among chimpanzees is not necessarily spillover from male-male aggression or random disputes over food et al. There appears to be a purpose behind it.

Keywords: chimpanzees primates violence sex monogamy aggression stress coercion