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3 pages in length. Humans like to think they are the only members of the animal kingdom with any semblance of innate ethical behavior, however, de Waal effectively illustrates just the opposite in his studies of nonhuman primates and how they approach conflict resolution. Indeed, man's evolutionary cousins exhibit a whole host of peacemaking skills that serve to resolve a dispute almost immediately after it occurs; techniques vary among species, but the author has amassed enough empirical findings to support the clear presence of ethics within the primate population. No additional sources cited.
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and how they approach conflict resolution. Indeed, mans evolutionary cousins exhibit a whole host of peacemaking skills that serve to resolve a dispute almost immediately after it occurs; techniques
vary among species, but the author has amassed enough empirical findings to support the clear presence of ethics within the primate population. There are a number of ways in which
nonhuman primates demonstrate how they resolve conflict and make amends with other members of the group. de Waal points out how some species like chimpanzees kiss each other on
the mouth while others like golden monkeys hold hands, an individual component of social structure that de Waal says indicates the level of adapting evolution whereby "the more conciliatory a
species, the more important group cohesiveness must be in the wild" (de Waal 177). Just as not all species reconcile in the same way, neither do they make peace
with the same frequency, which de Waal found to be particularly telling among groups with strict hierarchy (less frequency) compared to those with a much less stringent social system. Learning
how to resolve conflict within the nonhuman primate world is acquired from birth as mothers teach babies how to cope with difficult changes by systematically pushing them away from suckling;
the babys initial reaction is protest but as the mother incrementally lengthens the time the baby must learn to wean, the infant ultimately develops an ability to negotiate the outcome
by timing its protests "so as to reduce the likelihood of maternal rejection" (de Waal 177). The author notes how this early lesson in conflict resolution is instrumental in
the babys overall capacity to overcome discord later on with peers, family and other members of the group in a beneficial manner. Primate
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