Empathy

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Tetsuro Matsuzawa

Lisa Parr

Empathy is the emotional state to the other individuals who are in trouble. Empathy is recognized in the wide range of species in animal kingdom, especially in mammals and birds. This might be relating to the way of rearing the next generation. The common ancestors of mammal and birds started the parental investment to the next generation. This means the investment to the other individuals. This may provide the evolutionary basis of empathy, paying attention to care the others.