Animal groups are often organized hierarchically, with dominant individuals gaining priority
access to resources and reproduction over subordinate individuals. Initial dominance …

Although scientists are aware that humans share the same biological heritage as do all
other organisms on the planet, the reliance of Homo sapiens on culture and cooperation has …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Humans use punishment to promote cooperation in laboratory experiments but evidence
that punishment plays a similar role in non-human animals is comparatively rare. In this …

Causing harm to others would hardly seem to be relevant to cooperation, other than as a
barrier to it. However, because selfish individuals will exploit cooperators, functional …

Humans are outstanding in their ability to cooperate with unrelated individuals, and
punishment–paying a cost to harm others–is thought to be a key supporting mechanism …

Cooperation is widespread in nature, occurring in every taxa on Earth. Nevertheless, the
contexts in which cooperation occurs—and the forms it takes—vary widely. In this Review …

The conundrum of why subordinate individuals assist dominants at the expense of their own
direct reproduction has received much theoretical and empirical attention over the last 50 …

The Gobiiformes is one of the most diverse orders of the Percomorphs, with approximately
2000 species in 270 genera. They represent 5 to 10% of all teleosts, with species occurring …

Aggression is costly, and animals have evolved tactics to mitigate these costs. Submission
signals are an underappreciated example of such adaptations. Here we review submissive …