Home » Psychology news » Study of young apes provides valuable information about humans and society
Study of young apes provides valuable information about humans and society
October 16, 2013 by NewsBot
Researchers studying young bonobos in an African sanctuary have discovered striking similarities between the emotional development of the bonobos and that of children, suggesting these great apes regulate their emotions in a human-like way. This is important to human evolutionary history because it shows the socio-emotional framework commonly applied to children works equally well for apes...