Name: Why monkeys (and humans) are wired for fairness
Uploaded: 2020-12-10T15:50:23Z
Duration: 12 min 41 s
Description: Fairness matters ... to both people and primates. Sharing priceless footage of capuchin monkeys responding to perceived injustice, primatologist Sarah Brosnan explores why humans and monkeys evolved to care about equality -- and emphasizes the connection between a healthy, cooperative society and everyone getting their fair share.

Fairness matters ... to both people and primates. Sharing priceless footage of capuchin monkeys responding to perceived injustice, primatologist Sarah Brosnan explores why humans and monkeys evolved to care about equality -- and emphasizes the connection between a healthy, cooperative society and everyone getting their fair share.

Sarah Brosnan: Why monkeys (and humans) are wired for fairness

Why monkeys (and humans) are wired for fairness

Capuchins demonstrate economic decision-making, trading items for food, revealing insights into the evolution of fairness.

Monkeys reject cucumbers for grapes, mirroring human disdain for inequity, underscoring fairness as a deeply rooted societal pillar.

Humans and primates alike refuse unbalanced rewards, suggesting a complex, evolutionary underpinning to our sense of fairness.