Buddy, can you spare a banana? Study finds that bonobos share like humans

Friday, February 12, 2010 - 12:21 in Biology & Nature

New research suggests that the act of voluntarily sharing something with another may not be entirely exclusive to the human experience. A study published in the March 9th issue of Current Biology observed that bonobos - a sister species of chimpanzees and, like chimps, our closest living relatives - consistently chose to actively share their food with others.

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