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Fearful apes or emotional cooperative breeders?

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Abstract The “fearful ape hypothesis” is interesting but is currently underspecified. We need more research on whether it is specific to fear, specific to humans (or even cooperative breeders in… Click to show full abstract

Abstract The “fearful ape hypothesis” is interesting but is currently underspecified. We need more research on whether it is specific to fear, specific to humans (or even cooperative breeders in general), what is included in “fear,” and whether these patterns would indeed evolve despite arms races to extract help from audiences. Specifying these will result in a more testable hypothesis.

Keywords: apes emotional; cooperative breeders; emotional cooperative; fearful apes

Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2023

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