High-resolution maps of hunter-gatherer social networks reveal human adaptation for cultural exchange
Andrea Bamberg Migliano, Abigail Page, Jesus Gómez-Gardeñes, Sylvain Viguier, Mark Dyble, James Thompson, Nikhill Chaudhary, Gul Deniz Salali, Daniel Smith, Janis Strods, Vito Latora, Ruth Mace, Lucio Vinicius
The paper maps social networks of hunter-gatherers to show that non-kin friendships enhance cultural exchange and are an ancestral adaptation.
bioRxiv · Feb 19, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology