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SUBMITTER: Dale R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6493736 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dale Rachel R Palma-Jacinto Sylvain S Marshall-Pescini Sarah S Range Friederike F
PloS one 20190501 5
Prosociality is important for initiating cooperation. Interestingly, while wolves rely heavily on cooperation, dogs' do so substantially less thus leading to the prediction that wolves are more prosocial than dogs. However, domestication hypotheses suggest dogs have been selected for higher cooperation, leading to the opposing prediction- increased prosocial tendencies in dogs. To tease apart these hypotheses we adapted a paradigm previously used with pet dogs to directly compare dogs and wolves ...[more]