August 15, 2012

WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, CHIMPS ONLY THINK OF THEMSELVES




WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, CHIMPS ONLY THINK OF THEMSELVES

A sense of fairness is an important part of human behaviour, yet a research team involving Queen Mary, University of London found it did not evolve from our closest living relatives.

The study, published in the journal Biology Letters today (15 August) tested whether our great ape relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos, have a sense of fairness like humans.