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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dunbar, RIM, Shultz, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021