Evidence For Altruistic Behaviours In Human Infants And Chimpanzees

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ljk — 3/3/2006 5:30:40 PM (archived)

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- Evidence For Altruistic Behaviours In Human Infants And Chimpanzees

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Evidence_For_Altruistic_Behaviours_In_Human_Infants_And_Chimpanzees.html

Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 03, 2006 - Human infants at 18 month of age helped
spontaneously in several of the tasks. Also, chimpanzees displayed similar
helping behaviours, although only in easier tasks. These new findings show that
rudimentary forms of altruistic behaviours are present in our closest
evolutionary relatives.

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