How Bonobos Help Explain The Evolution Of Nice

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 9 a.m.

How did humans evolve some key cooperative behaviors like sharing? NPR Science Correspondent Jon Hamilton reports back from a bonobo sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where scientists are trying to answer that very question.

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