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Empathy Is For the Birds

Posted by samzenpus on from the polly-want-to-make-an-emotional-connection? dept.

grrlscientist writes "Common Ravens have been shown to express empathy towards a 'friend' or relative when they are distressed after an aggressive conflict — just like humans and chimpanzees do. But birds are very distant evolutionary relatives of Great Apes, so what does this similarity imply about the evolution of behavior?"

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  1. damn by cti · · Score: 5, Funny

    man, i saw the title and was hoping ubuntu ditched empathy and went back to pidgin....