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Sam F. Walmsley

Dalhousie UniversityORCID 0000-0001-8577-6884Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintOct 1, 2026

Bottlenose whales are more socially connected when in poor body condition

Sam F. Walmsley, Claire Girard, Katija Newton…·Hal Whitehead

The paper examines the relationship between body condition and social behavior in bottlenose whales, finding that individuals in poor condition are more socially connected than expected.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.25.754507

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Evolutionary BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedJul 28, 2026

Pair-Living Emerged Early in Placental Mammals

Sam F. Walmsley, Charlotte‐Anaïs Olivier, Adrian V. Jaeggi…·Carsten Schradin A

The paper challenges the assumption that early placental mammals were solitary by showing ancestral social organization included pair-living and intraspecific variation.

DOI 10.1073/pnas.2528458123

multiple speciesstatistical model

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