Who are more helpful, humans or chimpanzees?

Joan B. Silk

doi:10.1126/science.1125141

Who are more helpful, humans or chimpanzees?

Joan B. Silk

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Abstract

Humans, including infants, are more willing than closely-related chimpanzees to cooperate and behave altruistically and cooperatively, probably in part accounting for their evolutionary success.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1248-1249
Number of pages	2
Journal	Science
Volume	311
Issue number	5765
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1125141
State	Published - Mar 3 2006
Externally published	Yes

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