Chimpanzee politics as a mirror for culture
Power struggles inside chimpanzee groups look uncomfortably familiar. Male coalitions form, collapse, then reassemble around a new alpha, while low‑ranking individuals hedge bets with quiet alliances and grooming trades that resemble political deals.This is not accidental noise in primate behavior; it is social selection in action, shaping brains for coalition tracking, theory of mind, and punishm...More
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