Two major challenges that social animals face in exploiting their environment are the ability
to locate ephemeral, widely scattered, and productive feeding sites and to obtain access to …

Sociality is suggested to evolve as a strategy for animals to cope with challenges in their
environment. Within a population, each individual can be seen as part of a network of social …

The chapters in this section offer fascinating insights into the social behavior and social
organization of various primates. They emphasize the importance of long-term fieldwork on …

In many social species, competition between groups is a major factor proximately affecting
group-level movement patterns and space use and ultimately shaping the evolution of group …

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 …

All things considered, social interactions in animals are remarkably peaceful. At the most
basic level, individuals of all species are in competition for mates and food sources. For …

Social animals need to coordinate with others to reap the benefits of group-living even when
individuals' interests are misaligned. We compare how chimpanzees, bonobos and children …

Intergroup relationships vary greatly among primate species from peaceful intermingling in
some species, to the consistent defense of territorial borders in others, to ritualized signaling …

How do primates, humans included, deal with novel problems that arise in interactions with
other group members? Despite much research regarding how animals and humans solve …

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