Chimps Donate Their Fair Share...Most of the Time

Written By Unknown on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 | 00:04

(Photo : Reuters) A chimpanzee enjoys a object during refuge for aggrieved chimpanzees and other primates in Gaenserndorf

Chimpanzees might share mankind’s ability for integrity and charity, according to a investigate recently published in a Proceedings of a National Academy of Sciences.

Georgia University researchers used a “ultimatum game” as a litmus exam for a chimps’ greedy impulses. The categorical thought behind a exam involves dual sets of tokens that a subjects can select to redeem for prizes. One token represents an equal prerogative for both participants, while a other favors usually one. Dr. Sarah Bronson and her group taught a chimpanzees to associate any of a tokens to their particular rewards to ensure

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Source:
http://www.ezonearticle.com/2013/01/14/chimps-donate-their-fair-share-most-of-the-time/

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