Social complexity and the fractal structure of group size in primate social evolution

Compared to most other mammals and birds, anthropoid primates have unusually complex societies characterised by bonded social groups. Among primates, this effect is encapsulated in the social brain hypothesis: the robust correlation between various indices of social complexity (social group size, gr...

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Published in:Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 2021-10, Vol.96 (5), p.1889-1906
Main Authors: Dunbar, Robin I. M., Shultz, Susanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bonding
Brain
Cognition
Cognitive ability
Complexity
grades
Grooming
Group size
inhibition
mentalising
Phylogeny
predation risk
Primates
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