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Chimps reveal mystery of female sex cries
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by LotusFlower | June 18, 2008 at 02:03 pm
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I'm trying to work out how to apply this knowledge to human behaviour around sex cries and other noises. Not quite got it yet - all suggestions welcome.
Elephants, lions and humans are all known to do it but it has taken a study of wild chimpanzees to understand why the female of the species calls out loudly whilst having sex.
Scientists refer to it as the "copulation call" and it was thought to be a way of letting other males in the vicinity know that a receptive female is available, increasing Darwinian competition between the chaps.
However, a study of chimps in the Budongo Forest of Uganda has found that females only call out during copulation with a high-status male, but keep quiet when other females are nearby. This suggests that female chimps are using the copulation call as a way of ensuring that they mate with as many males as possible without other females knowing about it.
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at 14:21 on June 18th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff. I'm also trying to figure out how this information relates to humans. I suppose it's because chimps are humans' closest relatives and we're hoping to discover something about our social intelligence through these sort of studies.
at 19:26 on June 18th, 2008
I certainly agree with you nomadkel, there are way too many animal species upon which any solid conclusion can be drawn. However, given that the chimps are our closest relatives, I think some sort of relevance may exist. I actually came across this article in a science journal (www.escience.com), in which the researchers explain how they wish to relate animal to human mental capacity and intelligence.
at 22:11 on June 18th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff. I agree with Nomadkel, primates and other lower animal forms are quite different in their pyschological makeup than Humans. Besides Men love Beer Women and Sports, not necessarily in that order. Where as Primates gorge themselves needlessly, are selfish when it comes to sharing, pick bugs off each other and eat them when they clean each other, masturbate incessantly at the drop of a hat. Primates drag their hands along the ground when they walk, and are impressed by shiny things. Wait, a minute!! Holy Crap, they may be on to something!