Jays play nicely with the right hormone

A molecule boosts generosity in birds but doesn’t make them altruistic.

Birds share more readily after being given the avian equivalent of oxytocin, a hormone linked with social bonding and maternal behaviour in mammals.

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Nature 556, 277 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-04436-2

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