Having Infants in the Family Group Promotes Altruistic Behavior of Marmoset Monkeys

• Published in: Current biology Vol. 30; no. 20; pp. 4047 - 4055.e3
• Main Authors: Huang, Junfeng, Cheng, Xiaochun, Zhang, Shikun, Chang, Liangtang, Li, Xuebo, Liang, Zhifeng, Gong, Neng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 19.10.2020
• Subjects: altruistic behavior; auditory cortex; family; functional MRI; infant; marmoset; parenting; rescue; functional MRI; auditory cortex; altruistic behavior; marmoset; family; infant; rescue; parenting

The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) has attracted much attention as a useful model for studying social behaviors [1–3]. They naturally live in a monogamous family group and exhibit cooperative breeding [4], in which parents and older siblings help to carry infants less than 2 months old [5–7]....