In this experiment done by German Scientist in Leipzig, Germany at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology they found that young children would spontaneously help researchers with basic task. What was even more surprising is that Chimpanzees would also show this same sort of spontaneous altruism.
This significance of this study is that it explains why altruism is so often linked to human nature. What ever evolutionary ancestor we share with chimps was likely to also show altruistic behaviors and thus it was passed along to us evolutionarily. This also begins to explain why we as humans are so attracted and drawn toward altruistic individuals.
The Human Spark . Video Excerpt: Chimps vs. Children - Program Two: So Human, So Chimp | PBS
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