Empathy is a complex, multi‐dimensional capacity that facilitates the sharing and
understanding of others' emotions. As our closest living relatives, bonobos (Pan paniscus) …

Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are a highly social great ape species that have evolved rich social
and emotional capacities to enable them to navigate their complex social worlds. This …

Empathy, the capacity to share and understand others' states, is crucial for facilitating
enduring social relationships and managing ingroup and outgroup dynamics. Despite being …

Given that the cognitive and affective processes underlying empathy do not fossilize, studies
of the empathic capacities of nonhuman primates provide us with a critical window through …

Empathy as a research topic is receiving increasing attention, although there seems some
confusion on the definition of empathy across different fields. Frans de Waal (de Waal FBM …

Unsolicited third-party affiliation occurs when victims of aggression receive a spontaneous
affinitive contact from a bystander. Consolation is a specific type of unsolicited third-party …

In contrast to a wealth of human studies, little is known about the ontogeny and consistency
of empathy-related capacities in other species. Consolation—post-conflict affiliation from …

Human empathy can extend to strangers and even other species, but it is unknown whether
non-humans are similarly broad in their empathic responses. We explored the breadth and …

Definitions of empathy commonly emphasize two aspects, which are the sharing of emotions
and the adoption of another's viewpoint. Empathy allows the organism to quickly relate to the …

Highlights Intersubjectivity has often been lauded as one of the defining features that
separates humans and other extant hominids. Intersubjectivity and empathy are different, yet …