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Nature 404, 563 (6 April 2000) | doi:10.1038/35007138
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Payment for labour in monkeys
Frans B. M. de Waal1 & Michelle L. Berger1
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Capuchins will voluntarily share treats with other monkeys that helped to secure them.
Abstract
Cooperative hunting, in which several individuals pursue prey but only one makes a capture, is central to theories of human social and moral evolution1, 2, 3. But among other primates, it is known only from the chimpanzee and a large-brained neotropical monkey, the capuchin4, 5, 6, 7. It probably evolved through either mutualism, in which two or more cooperators benefit simultaneously, or reciprocal altruism, in which one favour is repaid by another8, 9. We have found that brown capuchins (Cebus apella) share rewards obtained by a joint effort more readily than rewards obtained individually. Even if hunting in the field involves selfish opportunism, this food incentive will greatly enhance the persistence of cooperation.
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