Social and reproductive benefits of group fission in wild geladas
Jacob A. Feder, Jacinta C. Beehner, Robert M. Seyfarth, Amy Lu, Thore J. Bergman
The paper examines group fission in geladas, finding that females join new groups with kin and allies, and that fission reduces infanticide risk.
bioRxiv · Oct 13, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition