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more about #chimpanzees more comments → PVIII: Still my favorite monkey article (monkeys pay for sex too!): [www.nytimes.com] #madscience more » PVIII: Still my favorite monkey article (monkeys pay for sex too!): [www.nytimes.com] #madscience more » twophrasebark: We also kill at times for no discernible gain or benefit. Yay homo sapiens! #madscience more » Anekanta - Go Play!: Woah, Tim, you're way off. First, you're assuming a linear progression from apes to hunter-gatherers to agriculture to cities, which is in fact only ... more » omgwtflolbbqbye: I always felt like most altruism is practiced among strangers cause we always get something out of it in return. Maybe it's the expectation of a reci... more » Dearhaw: Perhaps unsolicited altruism was something that developed hand-in-hand with agriculture, or, at some other point in time when humans were able to crea... more » omgwtflolbbqbye: Chimps can kill just as good as a man can too. [www.timesonline.co.uk] more » nagumi: It's the classic "point at food" experiment. Try this: Drop a hotdog on the floor in a place your dog doesn't see, and then call the dog and point at... more » nagumi: It's the classic "point at food" experiment. Try this: Drop a hotdog on the floor in a place your dog doesn't see, and then call the dog and point at... more » Mathmos: Since io9 asked me nicely by giving me a star, I'll contribute to the discussion. As far as human behavior goes, it is of course difficult to imagine... more » Starwatcher: They should conduct the same study with bonobos. Bonobo B is struggling with a drink. Bonobo A takes Bonobo B out for drink, then gets busy with Bo... more » The Curse of Millhaven: They do not seem to have eliminated the possibility that chimps can't really tell that help is needed unless the other chimp makes it clear. Chimp B ... more » twophrasebark: I met this blond woman and this dude in Manhattan the other week. They kept saying 150,000 years ago a bunch of people came in spaceships and, I don't... more » Pope John Peeps II: HOORAY I'LL JUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING UP CREATIONISM IN A TOTALLY POINTLESS TANGENT TO EMPHASIZE HOW SMART I AM FOR NOT BEING RELIGIOUS GOD ... more » kimsama: I see your study and raise you a completely contradictory study that says we were arboreal for longer than assumed! Don'cha love extrapolating huge sh... more » -
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Chimpanzees Are Altruistic - But Only If You Ask Nicely
Chimps may be one of our closest relatives, but they've shown a remarkably different approach altruism: They'll lend each other a hand, but need to be asked. More » -
#madscience
Everything You Know About Human Evolution Is Wrong
Well, maybe not everything, but new research suggests that we're not as closely related to apes as you may have thought. The giveaway? The way we climb trees, apparently. More »
