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. 2018 Feb 19;28(4):R164-R166.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.054.

Social Behavior: Bonobos Are Nice but Prefer Mean Guys

J Kiley Hamlin  1
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Social Behavior: Bonobos Are Nice but Prefer Mean Guys

J Kiley Hamlin. Curr Biol. .
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Human infants prefer to interact with prosocial individuals. Bonobos, our close relatives, however, prefer antisocial individuals, perhaps due to a preference for social dominance. Human prosocial behavior may be due to unique tendencies to positively evaluate prosocial others.

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