Chimpanzees empathize with group mates and humans, but not with baboons or unfamiliar chimpanzees
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Chimpanzees empathize with group mates and humans, but not with baboons or unfamiliar chimpanzees.
Human empathy can extend to strangers and even other species, but it is unknown whether non-humans are similarly broad in their empathic responses. We explored the breadth and flexibility of empathy in chimpanzees, a close relative of humans. We used contagious yawning to measure involuntary empathy and showed chimpanzees videos of familiar humans, unfamiliar humans and gelada baboons (an unfam...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0013