Bonobos show limited social tolerance in a group setting: A comparison with chimpanzees and a test of the Relational Model Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen
Social tolerance is a core aspect of primate social relationships with implications for the evolution of cooperation, prosociality and social learning. We measured the social tolerance of bonobos in an experiment recently validated with chimpanzees to allow for a comparative assessment of group-level tolerance, and found that the bonobo group studied here exhibited lower social tolerance on average than chimpanzees in this paradigm.
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