For capuchin monkeys, it seems, it's better to both give and receive, than just to receive. ... Frans De Waal / Frans de Waal / AP file / Source: The Associated Press. By Randolph E. Schmid.

Researchers have shown capuchin monkeys, just like humans, ... Frans de Waal, PhD, director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes Research Center, and Kristi Leimgruber, ...

The above video, part of a TED talk given by Emory University's Dr. Frans de Waal, showcases the emotional reaction of one Capuchin monkey when confronted with unequal pay for equal work.

Two years ago, Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center found that brown capuchin monkeys also react badly to receiving raw deals.

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Hour 2. Guests: Frans de Waal. Morality is not unique to humans. Biologist FRANS DE WAAL has found ethical behavior like empathy, altruism, and fairness in chimpanzees, bonobos and capuchin monkeys.

After a four-month study of capuchin monkeys, Frans de Waal and Sarah Brosnan of Emory University came to a startling conclusion: these primates have a rudimentary sense of justice, ...

Capuchin monkeys usually like eating cucumber. But when researchers Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal put two of the highly intelligent, cat-sized primates next to one another, gave one monkey ...

De Waal recounts what happened during experiments with capuchin monkeys at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, near Atlanta. Two monkeys worked side by side in a test chamber with mesh ...

The primatologist Frans de Waal, who explored empathy and emotion in bonobos and chimps, died last week at 75. His colleague Sarah Brosnan remembers his legacy as both a scientist and friend.