Can Monkeys Be Gay? What Homosexual Behavr Primat Can Tell Us About the Evolutn of Human Sexualy - This View Of Life

Contents:

• GAY MONKEY
• GAY MONKEY RERDS
• CAN MONKEYS BE GAY? WHAT HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR PRIMAT CAN TELL US ABOUT THE EVOLUTN OF HUMAN SEXUALY

GAY MONKEY

Any attempt at unrstandg human homosexualy mt also clu a thorough analysis of same-sex sexual behavur the other primat. In this chapter I firstly nsir homosexual behavur as appli to the non-human primat. This parative approach may help to better unrstand those aspects of human homosexualy that are unique and those that are shared wh our clost livg relativ.

All the speci, however, may be assigned to one of six major groupgs or superfai of the Orr Primat: the lemurs of Madagasr (Lemuroia), the galagos and loris of Ai and Asia (Lorisoia), the tarsiers of SE Asia (Tarsia), New World monkeys (Ceboia), Old World monkeys (Cerpheia) and the ap and humans (Homoia). Gee Gaylord Simpson (1945) divid the Orr Primat to two suborrs: the Prosimii (lemurs, loris, galagos and tarsiers) and the Anthropoia (monkeys, ap and humans).

Those that voice opposn to acceptance of homosexualy on relig grounds often nsir homosexualy to be “unnatural. ” However, homosexual behavr is wispread across the animal kgdom.

GAY MONKEY RERDS

In addn to well-known exampl such as mammals and birds, homosexual behavrs occur  reptil, amphibians, fish, and vertebrat. Among the primate orr, homosexual behavr is most equently observed bonobos. Recent observatns of homosexual behavr male spir monkeys adds to our knowledge of the behavrs and may help answer qutns about the evolutnary functns homosexual behavrs may play, as well as allow to nsir if other animals have sexual orientatns siar to the inti that humans nstct.

From April-December 2014, Lra Bia and lleagu observed three separate stanc of homosexual behavr between male spir monkeys. Although is difficult to draw nclns om such few observatns, Bia and lleagu nsir how the behavrs f wh two petg hypoth for homosexual behavr: the 1) regulatn of social relatnships hypothis and 2) the tensn-regulatn hypothis. Such hypoth, rived om rearch on baboons and bonobos, suggt that homosexual behavrs may eher be a means of strengtheng allianc or fg a tense suatn.

Do this mean TU is gay or bisexual? Nohels, is possible that other animals vary their sire for homosexual vers heterosexual behavrs and partners. Most studi of homosexual behavr animals suggt that is a flexible rponse to social or mographic ndns, rather than emergg om dividual orientatns.

CAN MONKEYS BE GAY? WHAT HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR PRIMAT CAN TELL US ABOUT THE EVOLUTN OF HUMAN SEXUALY

While poor TU may be a b isolated his preference for mal among his spir monkey brethren, at least he do not experience the prejudic that gay humans experience. Homosexual behavr between male spir monkeys (Atel geofoyi).