Emotions in chimpanzee infants: The value of a comparative developmental approach to understand the evolutionary bases of emotion

Kim A. Bard*

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Abstract

This chapter examines the developmental processes in chimpanzees, to better understand species-specific characteristics not only of the chimpanzee, but also in humans. It discusses the evidence that chimpanzees share with humans many early behaviours. Chimpanzee infants, like human infants, exhibit some emotional expressions in the first days of life, and additional expressions develop over the first months of life. The chimpanzee emotional system, just like the human emotional system, develops in interaction with the social environment, as evident in the differential number of smiles, and different levels of crying during the first weeks of life.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEmotional Development
Subtitle of host publicationRecent Research Advances
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)9780191689567
ISBN (Print)9780198528845
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Keywords

  • Behaviours
  • Chimpanzees
  • Emotional system
  • Expressions
  • Humans
  • Social environment

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