Study: Use Food to Make New Friends like Bonobos chimps - read at http://t.co/Xayxkkr0
January 04, 2013
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Study: Use Food to Make New Friends, Say Bonobos
The great apes are nicer to strangers than their own friends and family PROBLEM: Being "prosocial," or putting yourself out there and meeting people outside of your immediate group of friends, isn't common in non-human animals. Chimps, for example, are extremely aggressive toward strangers, and will even kill their neighbors.