Durham University: Empathic Comforting Varies More Within Bonobo and Chimpanzee Species Than Between Them
April 25, 2025
April 25, 2025
OLD ELVET, England, April 25 -- Durham University issued the following news:
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Empathic comforting varies more within bonobo and chimpanzee species than between them
Researchers have offered new insight into how our closest ape relatives - bonobos and chimpanzees - show empathy towards each other through consolatory behaviours.
Psychologists observed the behaviour of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos were more likely th . . .
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Empathic comforting varies more within bonobo and chimpanzee species than between them
Researchers have offered new insight into how our closest ape relatives - bonobos and chimpanzees - show empathy towards each other through consolatory behaviours.
Psychologists observed the behaviour of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos were more likely th . . .