Article
Urinary oxytocin and social bonding in related and unrelated wild chimpanzees.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Mar 2013
Crockford C, Wittig R M, Langergraber K, Ziegler T E, Zuberbühler K, Deschner T
Abstract excerpt
Animals that maintain cooperative relationships show gains in longevity and offspring survival. However, little is known about the cognitive or hormonal mechanisms involved in cooperation. Indeed, there is little support for a main hypothesis that non-human animals have the cognitive capacities required for bookkeeping of cooperative exchanges. We tested an alternative hypothesis that cooperative relationships...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
