TY - JOUR
T1 - Fission-fusion dynamics new research frameworks
AU - Aureli, Filippo
AU - Schaffner, Colleen M.
AU - Boesch, Christophe
AU - Bearder, Simon K.
AU - Call, Josep
AU - Chapman, Colin A.
AU - Connor, Richard
AU - Di Fiore, Anthony
AU - Dunbar, Robin I.M.
AU - Peter Henzi, S.
AU - Holekamp, Kay
AU - Korstjens, Amanda H.
AU - Layton, Robert
AU - Lee, Phyllis
AU - Lehmann, Julia
AU - Manson, Joseph H.
AU - Ramos-Fernandez, Gabriel
AU - Strier, Karen B.
AU - Van Schaik, Carel P.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51549096338&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1086/586708
DO - 10.1086/586708
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0011-3204
VL - 49
SP - 627
EP - 654
JO - Current Anthropology
JF - Current Anthropology
IS - 4
ER -