Post-conflict affiliation by chimpanzees with aggressors: other-oriented versus selfish political strategy.

Consolation, i.e., post-conflict affiliation directed from bystanders to recent victims of aggression, has recently acquired an important role in the debate about empathy in great apes. Although similar contacts have been also described for aggressors, i.e., appeasement, they have received far less...

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Main Authors: Teresa Romero, Miguel A Castellanos, Frans B M de Waal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21799788/pdf/?tool=EBI