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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Main Authors: Jorg J M Massen, Lisette M van den Berg, Berry M Spruijt, Elisabeth H M Sterck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2840023?pdf=render