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	Chimps console each other to reduce stress after fights

iskandar

6-17-2008 11:48 AM

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"When Fraser looked at who was consoling whom, he found that acts of consolation were more likely to happen between individuals with valuable relationships. Chimps tended to comfort peers who groomed them frequently, shared food with them or gave them a hand in their own conflicts. Other factors like how closely related they were had no such effects. "

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Just this week, two new papers shed new light on the rich social lives of chimps. They are filled with just as much drama and deception as our own (and probably more intelligence than your average episode of Big Brother). I'll be writing about the results of these papers over the next two posts.
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