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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)
The physics of sociality: Investigating patterns of social resource distribution among the Pan species, van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Escribano Diego, Clay Zanna, Eens Marcel, Guéry Jean-Pascal, Haun Daniel B. M., Kordon Stephanie, Nolte Suska, Staes Nicky, Stevens Jeroen M. G., et al. , iScience, 2025/11, Volume 28, Issue 11, p.113507, (2025)
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)