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Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) fail to prosocially donate food in an experimental set-up

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Published in 2017 at "Animal Cognition"

DOI: 10.1007/s10071-017-1122-6

Abstract: Although humans are usually believed to be prosocial, the evolutionary origins of prosociality are largely debated. One hypothesis is that cooperative breeding has been one major precursor to the emergence of prosociality. In vertebrates, however,… read more here.

Keywords: food; cooperative breeding; prosociality; suricata suricatta ... See more keywords