Sentences with phrase «similarities with human behavior»

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One explanation for the similarities between dogs and humans is that the two species may have evolved under similar pressures that favored «survival of the friendliest,» with benefits and rewards for more cooperative social behavior.

Juxtaposing descriptions of social behaviors of humans with those of other primates, Maestripieri emphasizes our similarities with our closest evolutionary relatives.

Two major reasons for this view are (1) the strong similarities between monkeys and humans in social behavior, endocrine function, brain structure, and degree and duration of mother - infant nurturance (Harlow and Zimmerman 1959; Kalin and Shelton 2003; Mendoza and Mason 1997), or, in the unique case of titi monkeys, the extent of biparental care (Hennessy 1997); and (2) the extent to which monkeys fulfill Ainsworth's criteria of attachment (Ainsworth 1972), namely, unequivocal distress upon complete separation from the attachment figure and alleviation of this distress (both behavioral and physiological) upon reunion / interaction with the attachment figure (Mendoza and Mason 1997).