Primate groups need to remain coordinated in their activities and collectively decide when
and where to travel if they are to accrue the benefits and minimize the costs of sociality. The …

We here review the communicative and cognitive processes underpinning collective group
movement in animals. Generally, we identify 2 major axes to explain the dynamics of …

Many animals are organised into social groups. Because individuals have different
preferences and diverging needs, conflicts of interests exist; these conflicts are particularly …

Research on coordination and decision-making in humans and nonhuman primates has
increased considerably throughout the last decade. However, terminology has been used …

Synchronization of activity is one of the major challenges of any society, and to what extent
social animals reach a consensus still remains to be established. In the case of group …

Patterns of collective movements, such as the distribution of leadership and the organization
of individuals, may be either homogeneously (no leader, no specific order), or …

Humans form agonistic coalitions and alliances in many contexts, but this behavior is
thought to be rare in other species. A prominent hypothesis states that coalitions may be …

Current socio-ecological theory assumes that social systems are the result of adaptations,
and thus subject to evolutionary modification by selection (Crook & Gartlan, 1966; Emlen & …

The importance of between-group competition in the social evolution of animal societies is
controversial, particularly with respect to understanding the origins and maintenance of …

Social animals have to make a multitude of group decisions on a daily basis. At the most
basic level, this will involve coordination of activities and travel directions. In groups of …