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Social alliances improve rank and fitness in convention-based societies

Social alliances improve rank and fitness in convention-based societies

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Social alliances improve rank and fitness in convention-based societies

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Social alliances improve rank and fitness in convention-based societies

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2019-04, Vol.116 (18), p.8919-8924

Language

English

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

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Contents

Social hierarchies are widespread in human and animal societies, and an individual’s position in its hierarchy affects both its access to resources and its fitness. Hierarchies are traditionally thought of in terms of variation in individual ability to win fights, but many are structured around arbitrary conventions like nepotistic inheritance rath...

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Social alliances improve rank and fitness in convention-based societies

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6500164

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6500164

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1810384116

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