Abstract. Social status regulates influence and well-being in most social animals. In humans, social status can be attained via distinct routes: prestige (

In animal societies, one's social rank determines access to resources like food, mates, and allies. Using longitudinal data on 481 spotted hyenas, we tested two common social rank metrics with differ...

Abstract. Cultural transmission across generations is key to cumulative cultural evolution. While several mechanisms—such as vertical, horizontal, and obli

In humans and other social mammals, more socially connected females often have higher fitness. Yet evidence linking female sociality to offspring surv…

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Study on wild bonobos reveals that females team up to maintain power in their societies

Social attention patterns suggest that wild chimpanzees learn from their mothers but also from many other tolerant group members across protracted development. This likely enables chimpanzees to learn...

White-faced capuchins with a stronger stress response to previous droughts were more likely to survive a severe El Niño drought.