Lack of prosociality in great apes, capuchin monkeys and spider monkeys: Convergent evidence from two different food distribution tasks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1793, 2014, Pages

  Amici, Federica ^a   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^b   Call, Josep ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apes; Monkeys; Other regarding preferences; Primates; Prosocial behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATELES SP.; CEBUS; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ATELINAE; CEBUS; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMINID; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEBUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; MALE;

EID: 84939963149     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1699     Document Type: Article

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