Distressed Ravens Show That Consolation Is For The Birds, Too
source: http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/06/distressed_ravens_show_consola.php
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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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