Chimpanzees are more empathetic than assumed

https://www.labnews.co.uk/article/2097300/evidence-suggests-chimps-bring-it-in-like-bonobos
New research suggests chimpanzees and
bonobos may not be markedly different
from each other in their capacity for
empathy.
The work, by a Durham university team
led by Dr Jake Brooker which studied 90
of the ape species in two African
sanctuaries, challenges assumptions
about the degree of difference between
humans’ two closest animal relatives.
While it is often supposed that bonobos
are more empathic and less aggressive
than chimps, the research concluded that
both consoled peers in distress and that
the greatest variation was within rather
than between species.
Commented Brooker: "For a long time,
bonobos have been thought of as the more
empathic ape. However, we found that
chimpanzees are just as likely to console
one another as bonobos.
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