Social tolerance allows bonobos to outperform chimpanzees on a cooperative task

In experiments designed to deepen our understanding of how cooperative behavior evolves, researchers have found that bonobos, a particularly sociable relative of the chimpanzee, are more successful than chimpanzees at cooperating to retrieve food, even though chimpanzees exhibit strong cooperative hunting behavior in the wild.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news92589621.html">Social tolerance allows bonobos to outperform chimpanzees on a cooperative task</a></p> <p>In experiments designed to deepen our understanding of how cooperative behavior evolves, researchers have found that bonobos, a particularly sociable relative of the chimpanzee, are more successful than chimpanzees at cooperating to retrieve food, even though chimpanzees exhibit strong cooperative hunting behavior in the wild.</p>