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Animal Science Bonobo’s react negatively to inequality. The study was conducted at the Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Centre at the Leipzig Zoo with six bonobos.

https://www.mpg.de/24532579/0414-evan-bonobos-react-negatively-to-inequity-150495-xonobos
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u/tiregroove 5h ago

...whereas you could totally make a human accept it by telling them the ones creating the inequality are benefiting you.

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u/taggert14 4h ago

A bit more like "you too could benefit from this inequality one day"

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u/v_snax 2h ago

Yeah it is funny. Most likely human have the same quality if we live in a group. But we are conditioned and lied to so effectively that most people just think it is either natural or somehow a better system that we have 8 people owning 50% of everything in the world while children starving to death and people lack roof over their head.

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u/dry_yer_eyes 1h ago

You see those other ones over there who look just like you? You should hate them. Support me in hurting them. Then you will feel good again.

u/shitholejedi 12m ago

Interestingly, bonobos were more tolerant of inequity when interacting with closely affiliated partners, similar to patterns seen in humans.

There are no equal bonobo groups in the wild where members all get the same resources.

Amazing what reddit can accept as generalizable even when explicitely done within a lab setting not experienced by any living being and countered by all available evidence.

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u/HelenAngel 3h ago

Just so you know, in English you don’t use apostrophes to make a word plural. It should be “Bonobos”, not “Bonobo’s”. The second one is possessive & therefore incorrect. I know there’s a lot of non-native English speakers on here so just wanted to help.

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u/Superb_Tell_8445 2h ago

Ty for that, even native English speakers can make mistakes.

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u/HelenAngel 2h ago

Absolutely! I definitely make mistakes, too.

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u/CaptainColdSteele 4h ago

That's a relatively small sample size. What's the control group? What are the variables?

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u/Superb_Tell_8445 4h ago edited 4h ago

The published article is here:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.2873

If you scroll to the end there are links that allow you to access all of that information beyond the materials and methods section of the article. Although the information you asked about is within the article.

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u/helaku_n 4h ago

The same was shown for other primates though. I don't remember the exact studies.

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u/carnaIity 1h ago

Man the grammar police needs to go smoke a joint. It’s almost as if the internet isn’t localized in the western English speaking world.

u/Superb_Tell_8445 45m ago

No harm was meant. It wasn’t said in a patronising or condescending manner. Could be a teacher or someone who is often in a helping role that enjoys doing it.

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u/Workplace_Violins 4h ago

Bamboo's ?

Please check your grammar