Study looks at reproductive inequality in humans compared to other species. A recent study led by UC Davis has challenged the notion of human exceptionalism in societal behaviors, arguing that humans resemble mammals living in monogamous partnerships and cooperative breeders, while monogamy can c
In a groundbreaking study, it has been suggested that humans are not as unique or egalitarian in their societal behaviors as often believed. The study involved a hundred researchers from various global institutions and compared data from 90 human populations to lifetime data for 45 different nonhuman, free-ranging mammals.
“For a long time it has been argued that humans are an exceptional, egalitarian species compared to other mammals,” said Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, professor emerita of anthropology at the, and corresponding author of a new study. But, she said, this exceptionalism may have been exaggerated. . Co-authors include researchers from UC Davis, The Santa Fe Institute, the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany.
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