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Durham University study suggests that using sex to ease social tension could be a trait that existed in the common ancestor of humans and apes six million years ago .
The findings show that both bonobos and chimpanzees used sex in similar ways to ease tension and reaffirm social bonds prior to feeding, when competition and power differences can provoke disagreement.
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