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什么?鸟…也讲究社会地位
著名经济学家亚当斯密声称,人类社会的特征之一是社会地位(social hierarchy)。如果特征被误读为特点,就会认为其他动物不存在社会地位。其实不然,很多动物讲究社会地位。社会地位可以节约资源、减少斗争(一旦互相认命了就不再争斗)……当然社会地位也有副作用。这里介绍新近对鸟类社会地位的研究。
参考资料:
Evolution of Multilevel Social Systems in Nonhuman Primates and Humans, Cyril C. Grueter et. 2012, Int J Primatol (2012)33:1002–1037The multilevel society of a small-brainedbird, Danai Papageorgiou et., Current Biology, 2019Seweryn Olkowicz et., Birds haveprimate-like numbers of neurons in the forebrain, June 13, 2016, PNASThe social brain hypothesis, RIM Dunbar,1998, Evolutionary AnthropologyThesebirds prove you don’t need a big brain for a complex social life | MNN - MotherNature Network
TinyBrains Don’t Stop These Birds From Having a Complex Society - The New York Times
Complex society discovered in birds, https://www.mpg.de/14071193/multilevel-society-birds
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