Buddy, can you spare a banana? Study finds that bonobos share like humans

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 00:35 in Biology & Nature

New research suggests that the act of voluntarily sharing something with another may not be entirely exclusive to the human experience. Bonobos -- a sister species of chimpanzees and, like chimps, our closest living relatives -- consistently chose to actively share their food with others.

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