Fractal structure of human and primate social networks optimizes information flow

Primate and human social groups exhibit a fractal structure that has a very limited range of preferred layer sizes, with groups of 5, 15, 50 and (in humans) 150 and 500 predominating. In non-human primates, this same fractal distribution is also observed in the distribution of species mean group siz...

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Main Authors: West, BJ, Culbreth, G, Dunbar, RIM, Grigolini, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Royal Society 2023