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Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and other mammals, that show how many of these moral traits all of us share.

Primatologist Isabel Behncke Izquierdo shows how bonobo ape society learns from constantly playing — solo, with friends, even as a prelude to sex. Indeed, play appears to be the bonobos' key to problem-solving and avoiding conflict. If it works for our close cousins, why not for us?

Today the Guardian features the world's 100 most inspirational women. Seven of them work in science and medicine, including Fabiola Gianotti at the Large Hadron Collider

Chimpanzees have robust tool kits that help them in daily life, including for subsistence, self-maintenance and sex.

Jane Goodall, an expert in ethology and primatology mostly known for herstudy on chimpanzees, hasn't found the missing link between humans and chimps, but she's come closer than anyone else. She says the only real difference between humans and chimpanzees is our sophisticated language.