Social Group Composition

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References

Human prestige psychology can promote adaptive inequality in social influence, Morgan, Thomas J. H., Watson Robin, Lenfesty Hillary L., and Brand Charlotte O. , Nature Communications, 2026/02/03, Volume 17, Issue 1, (2026)
Variability in the organization and size of hunter-gatherer groups: Foragers do not live in small-scale societies, Bird, Douglas W., Bird Rebecca Bliege, Codding Brian F., and Zeanah David W. , Journal of Human Evolution, 2019/06/01/, Volume 131, p.96 - 108, (2019)
Footprints reveal direct evidence of group behavior and locomotion in Homo erectus, Hatala, Kevin G., Roach Neil T., Ostrofsky Kelly R., Wunderlich Roshna E., Dingwall Heather L., Villmoare Brian A., Green David J., Harris John W. K., Braun David R., and Richmond Brian G. , Scientific Reports, 2016/07/12, Volume 6, p.28766 - , (2016)