Interactions with conspecific outsiders as drivers of cognitive evolution
The social intelligence hypothesis predicts that social organisms tend to be more intelligent because within-group interactions drive cognitive evolution. Here, authors propose that conspecific outsiders can be just as important in selecting for sophisticated cognitive adaptations.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18780-3 |