Discrete hierarchical organization of social group sizes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1561, 2005, Pages 439-444

  Zhou, W X ^a,b   Sornette, D ^b,c,d   Hill, R A ^e   Dunbar, R I M ^f  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractal analysis; Log periodicity; Social brain hypothesis; Social group size

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GROUP SIZE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PRIMATE;

ARTICLE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN RELATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

PRIMATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 16844374816     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2970     Document Type: Article

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