[Does "altruism" exist in lower simians?].
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The paper presents an experimental model, used for the study of interdependent behaviour of higher vertebrates (pigeons). The techniques suggested by the author, are modifications of the already known models for the study of so called "altruism" and "cooperation" among monkeys, It is with these simple methods that the main characteristics of the intragroup food-procuring conditioned reflex were studied, the reflex, which plays the major role in the shaping of interdependent behaviour in pigeons. The results of the study confirm the idea of L. G. Voronin on the independence of the conditioning speed from the animal's phylogenetic level.