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Becoming uniquely human? Comparing chimpanzee to human infancy.

Tobias Grossmann
Published in: Developmental science (2021)
Does comparing behavioral development between chimpanzees and humans during infancy hold the key to understanding what is uniquely human? Recent work shows that while many behaviors emerge at similar ages in chimpanzees, human infants develop behavioral traits underpinning our prosocial and ultra-cooperative nature at a much accelerated rate.
Keyphrases
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