Interpretative problems with chimpanzee ultimatum game

Comment

Joseph Henrich et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013.

. 2013 Aug 13;110(33):E3049.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1307007110. Epub 2013 Jun 20.

No abstract available

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Reply to Henrich and Silk: Toward a unified explanation for apes and humans.
Proctor D, Williamson RA, de Waal FB, Brosnan SF. Proctor D, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Aug 13;110(33):E3050. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1309100110. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013. PMID: 24137630 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Chimpanzees play the ultimatum game.
Proctor D, Williamson RA, de Waal FB, Brosnan SF. Proctor D, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 5;110(6):2070-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1220806110. Epub 2013 Jan 14. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013. PMID: 23319633 Free PMC article.

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