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  • Evolutionary biology
  • Behavioral ecology
  • Social complexity

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  • Simple social structures are common, but complex multi-level systems exist in some taxa, notably mammals.
  • These systems involve differential association across social levels.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the evolutionary conditions favoring complex, multi-level social systems.
  • To model the trade-offs between foraging, social interaction, and fitness.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a simulation model analyzing fitness criteria (wellbeing, alliances, risk, stress, food access).
  • Examined alternative strategies for distributing social interaction.

Main Results:

  • Multi-level structures with "few strong, many weak" ties emerge in a narrow fitness landscape favoring wellbeing and alliances.
  • 'Favour-the-few' strategies are more broadly competitive, producing single-level societies.
  • Complex primate-like societies require high social investment, preferential interaction, and high mortality/reproduction risks.

Conclusions:

  • Complex social systems are rare, restricted to taxa with specific ecological and social conditions.
  • Evolutionary pathways to multi-level societies are constrained by fitness trade-offs and interaction strategies.