Chimpanzees successfully play the 'ultimatum game': Confirmation of apes' sense of fairness
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 15:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, are the first to show chimpanzees possess a sense of fairness that has previously been attributed as uniquely human. Working with colleagues from Georgia State University, the researchers played the Ultimatum Game with the chimpanzees to determine how sensitive the animals are to the reward distribution between two individuals if both need to agree on the outcome.