Der Umgang mit dem Sterben von Gruppenangehörigen bei Primaten:

Der Umgang mit dem Sterben von Gruppenangehörigen bei Primaten:

"Tending a dying adult in a wild multi-level primate society"

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.062

"Comparative thanatology addresses issues that include empathy, compassion, and conceptual understanding of death across species 1, 2 and 3. Several aspects of how great apes react to illness, injury and death of others recall human behavior in comparable situations1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. However, the extent to which more distantly related primates share these responses is largely unknown. Here, we describe behaviors shown toward a dying adult female in wild Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) [6] and argue that empathy and compassion surrounding death extend beyond humans and their closest evolutionary relatives."

in Current Biology





http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982216303074?_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_origin=gateway&_docanchor=&md5=b8429449ccfc9c30159a5f9aeaa92ffb