Social tolerance in the group was positively associated with resource sustainability, and quartets where the highest-ranked ape acquired the lowest payoff were particularly successful.
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Contrary to our expectations, the quartets avoided resource collapse for longer, both in terms of overall latency, and in the difference between the test and the non-social-dilemma control condition.
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The chimpanzees encountered a pool of yoghurt that they could dip into with sticks (one stick per player), but, if all of the sticks were removed, a lid would slowly close, eventually making the yoghurt inaccessible. This created a social dilemma where they could not all be eating at the same time.
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Chimpanzee groups achieve sustainable resource use in a common-pool resource dilemma
Communications Psychology - Groups of two or four chimpanzees encountered a collective resource sustainability problem. Quartets avoided resource collapse for longer than dyads, with group social...
Excited to share this work done with @alex-primate.bsky.social and Daniel Haun @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social (the first publication from my PhD!), where we found that chimpanzees sustained a collective resource for longer in groups of four compared to dyads rdcu.be/e0qPR
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