This is a simple example of how the costs and benefits of social behavior may evolve and be maintained. Living in groups involves a balance of conflict and cooperation, which is mediated by the ...

For example: What is the nature of the social pressures on group ... Why are diurnal primates living in groups? Behaviour 87, 120-144 (1983). van Schaik, C. P. The socioecology of fission-fusion ...

Imagine you're a child in a classroom, and your teacher tells everyone to form groups for a project ... less likely to engage in troublemaking behaviors. On the other hand, children who actively ...