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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Fission-fusion dynamics new research frameworks
Current Anthropology, Volume 49, No. 4, Year 2008
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Description
Renewed interest in fission-fusion dynamics is due to the recognition that such dynamics may create unique challenges for social interaction and distinctive selective pressures acting on underlying communicative and cognitive abilities. New frameworks for integrating current knowledge on fission-fusion dynamics emerge from a fundamental rethinking of the term "fission- fusion" away from its current general use as a label for a particular modal type of social system (i.e., "fission-fusion societies"). Specifically, because the degree of spatial and temporal cohesion of group members varies both within and across taxa, any social system can be described in terms of the extent to which it expresses fission-fusion dynamics. This perspective has implications for socioecology, communication, cognitive demands, and human social evolution. © 2008 by The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Aureli, Filippo
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
Boesch, Christophe
Germany, Leipzig
Universität Leipzig
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Bearder, Simon K.
United Kingdom, Oxford
Oxford Brookes University
Call, Josep
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Chapman, Colin A.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Connor, Richard C.
United States, Dartmouth
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Di Fiore, Anthony
United States, New York
New York University
Dunbar, Robin I.M.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Peter Henzi, S.
Canada, Lethbridge
University of Lethbridge
Holekamp, Kay E.
United States, East Lansing
Michigan State University
Korstjens, Amanda H.
United Kingdom, Bournemouth
Bournemouth University
Layton, Robert H.
Unknown Affiliation
Lee, Phyllis C.
United Kingdom, Stirling
University of Stirling
Lehmann, Julia
United Kingdom, London
University of Roehampton
Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel
Mexico, Mexico
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Strier, Karen B.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin-madison
van Schaik, Carel P.
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Statistics
Citations: 687
Authors: 17
Affiliations: 18
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/586708
ISSN:
00113204