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Evolution of the Social Brain

Dunbar, Robin·2003·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1092116
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Abstract

Why are monkeys, apes and humans such social animals and how did we get that way? As [Dunbar][1] describes in his Perspective, such questions have puzzled primatologists for decades. Two new studies in baboons provide some answers by demonstrating that the tighter the social bonds of female baboons the greater is their reproductive fitness ([ Silk et al .][2]), and that female baboons are able to simultaneously assess the rank and kinship of other baboon females ([ Bergman et al ][3].). [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/302/5648/1160 [2]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/302/5648/1231 [3]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/302/5648/1234

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Authors
Dunbar, R.
Venue
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2003-11-14
Volume
302
Issue
5648
Pages
1160-1161
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1092116
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314
References
116
FWCI
25.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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