Our Orgiastic Future

What do bonobos have in common with teenaged boys? As it turns out, quite a bit.

Lapham’s Quarterly

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By Jack Hitt

Precisely when the ancient primates who preceded us Homo sapiens actually turned the corner to become human is one of those running battles in anthropology. Theorists scrutinize the long arc of gradual evolution to find a slight nick in the curve and there…

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Lapham’s Quarterly

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