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Even in chimps there is true altruistic behaviour; behaviour that doesn't fit into the sociobiological model that says you either help a close relative and thereby your own genes, or you help somebody else now in return for their help in the future. when a very high-ranking male chimpanzee rescues a little orphan, saving his life, that kind of explanation doesn't work.
-Jane Goodall
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Even In Chimps There Is True Altruistic

Jane Goodall
Even in chimps there is true altruistic behaviour; behaviour that doesn't fit into the sociobiological model that says you either help a close relative and thereby your own genes, or you help somebody else now in return for their help in the future. when a very high-ranking male chimpanzee rescues a little orphan, saving his life, that kind of explanation doesn't work.
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