Who Are More Helpful, Humans or Chimpanzees?


	Who Are More Helpful, Humans or Chimpanzees?

kmcolo

3-7-2006 10:42 AM

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kmcolo says:

"probably in part accounting for their evolutionary success"

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3-7-2006 1:50 PM

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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.
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