Meg Crofoot – Collective Decision-Making in Complex Societies: Lessons From Tracking Wild Baboons
Meg Crofoot: UC DavisAnimals living in stable social groups may often disagree about where to go, but must reconcile their differences to maintain cohesion and thus the benefits of group living. Although theory predicts that shared (democratic) decision-making should be widespread in nature, in species that form long-term social bonds, considerable asymmetries in dominance and […]