10.6084/m9.figshare.5756085.v1
R. I. M. Dunbar
R. I. M.
Dunbar
Padraig Mac Carron
Padraig
Mac Carron
Susanne Shultz
Susanne
Shultz
ESM Dataset S1: Group Size Data from Primate social group sizes exhibit a regular scaling pattern with natural attractors
The Royal Society
2018
optimal group size
clustering
social networks
female cohort
evolutionary rates
2018-01-04 11:57:13
Dataset
https://rs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/ESM_Dataset_S1_Group_Size_Data_from_Primate_social_group_sizes_exhibit_a_regular_scaling_pattern_with_natural_attractors/5756085
Primate groups vary considerably in size across species. Nonetheless, the distribution of mean species group size has a regular scaling pattern with preferred sizes approximating 2.5, 5, 15, 30 and 50 individuals (although strepsirrhines lack the latter two), with a scaling ratio of approximately 2.5 similar to that observed in humans social networks. These clusters appear to form distinct social grades that are associated with rapid evolutionary change, presumably in response to intense environmental selection pressures. These findings may have wider implications for other highly social mammal taxa.