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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nilima Marshall

Bonobos make friends outside their group and help each other like humans – study

Wild bonobos make friends outside their group and help each other out, challenging the view that only humans are capable of forming strategic alliances, scientists have said.

Researchers have found this endangered great ape species has “remarkable levels of tolerance between members of different groups”, often travelling, feeding and resting together.

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