Generous leaders and selfish underdogs: pro-sociality in despotic macaques.
Actively granting food to a companion is called pro-social behavior and is considered to be part of altruism. Recent findings show that some non-human primates behave pro-socially. However, pro-social behavior is not expected in despotic species, since the steep dominance hierarchy will hamper pro-s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-03-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009734 |
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