Stranger to familiar: wild strepsirhines manage xenophobia by playing.

The power of play in limiting xenophobia is a well-known phenomenon in humans. Yet, the evidence in social animals remains meager. Here, we aim to determine whether play promotes social tolerance toward strangers in one of the most basal group of primates, the strepsirhines. We observed two groups o...

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Main Authors: Daniela Antonacci, Ivan Norscia, Elisabetta Palagi
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8d8fe603f4c94f51a2c16c4a77a687b3
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