Coping with CROWDING

Population growth has been thought for many years to produces dire consequences such as disease, scarcity and social deviance. This myth, which is based on rat research, applies neither to humans nor to other primates, which seem to handle large crowds quite well for the most part.

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Published in:Scientific American 2000-05, Vol.282 (5), p.76-81
Main Authors: de Waal, Frans B. M., Aureli, Filippo, Judge, Peter G.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Aggression
Animal behaviour
Animals
Behavior
Behavior (psychology)
Behavior, Animal
Chimpanzees
College Students
Correlation
Crowding
Crowding stress
Crowds
Emotions
Environment
Female
Female animals
Food
Grooming
Homicide
Human aggression
Human ecology
Humans
Influence of environment
Macaca mulatta
Male
Male animals
Man
Monkeys
Monkeys & apes
Pan troglodytes
Personal hygiene
Population
Population Density
Population growth
Primates
Psychology
Rats
Rodentia
Rural Population
Sex crimes
Shared Facilities
Social research
Territoriality
Urban areas
Urban Population
Violence
Zoos
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Summary:Population growth has been thought for many years to produces dire consequences such as disease, scarcity and social deviance. This myth, which is based on rat research, applies neither to humans nor to other primates, which seem to handle large crowds quite well for the most part.
ISSN:0036-8733
1946-7087
DOI:10.1038/scientificamerican0500-76