Collective Computation, Information Flow, and the Emergence of Hunter-Gatherer Small-Worlds

Two key features of human sociality are anatomically complex brains with neuron-dense cerebral cortices, and the propensity to form complex social networks with non-kin. Complex brains and complex social networks facilitate flows of fitness-enhancing energy and information at multiple scales of soci...

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Main Author: Marcus J. Hamilton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tsinghua University Press 2022-03-01
Series:Journal of Social Computing
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Online Access:https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.23919/JSC.2021.0019