Chimpanzees are indifferent to the welfare of unrelated group members

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7063, 2005, Pages 1357-1359

  Silk, Joan B ^a   Brosnan, Sarah F ^b,c   Vonk, Jennifer ^d   Henrich, Joseph ^b   Povinelli, Daniel J ^d   Richardson, Amanda S ^c   Lambeth, Susan P ^c   Mascaro, Jenny ^c   Schapiro, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLOOD; COSTS;

ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR; CHIMPANZEES; MATE GUARDING; NON-HUMAN PRIMATES;

BIODIVERSITY;

PRIMATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; EMPATHY; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 27644564302     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04243     Document Type: Article

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