Children, not chimps, prefer collaboration: Humans like to work together in solving tasks - chimps don't
Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 12:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Recent studies have shown that chimpanzees possess many of the cognitive prerequisites necessary for humanlike collaboration. Cognitive abilities, however, might not be all that differs between chimpanzees and humans when it comes to cooperation. Children, but not chimpanzees, prefer to collaborate.