Researchers made the discovery when they gave a hungry bonobo access to a room with some food in it.This room was adjacent to another two rooms, which the creature could easily see into. One of these rooms was empty while the other contained another bonobo.
The hungry primate could then choose to eat the food alone or unlock the door by removing a wooden peg and share his fare with the other bonobo
The scientists found that the ape always preferred to voluntarily open the gate and share the food.
This sort of generous behaviour was previously thought by some to be an exclusively human trait.
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