Chimpanzee and humans possess a similar sense of fairness, researchers have concluded.
Scientists watched both species
taking part in a game in which two players had to decide how to divide a reward
between them.
In the tests, bananas acted as
rewards for the chimps and stickers for the children, who were aged between two
and seven.
Known as the ‘Ultimatum Game’,
after the first player proposes how to divide the reward between the two
players, the second player can either accept or reject the proposal. If this
player objects, neither player receives anything. If they accept, the reward is split according
to the proposal.
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