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Publications

Assortative mating and the dark triad: Evidence from the UK, Fiji, and meta-analytic review

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Richards G. et al, (2024), Personality and Individual Differences, 231

Causal evidence for social group sizes from Wikipedia editing data.

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Burgess M. and Dunbar RIM., (2024), R Soc Open Sci, 11

Are there fitness benefits to violence? The case of medieval Iceland

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Dunbar RIM. and Wallette A., (2024), Evolution and Human Behavior, 45

How the size and structure of egocentric networks change during a life transition

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Kempnich M. et al, (2024), Advances in Life Course Research, 61

Structural and Cognitive Mechanisms of Group Cohesion in Primates

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DUNBAR R., (2024), Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Structural and Cognitive Mechanisms of Group Cohesion in Primates.

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Dunbar RIM., (2024), Behav Brain Sci, 1 - 80

Multilevel sociality in the spotted hyaena: How to live in large groups without falling prey to the infertility trap

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Dunbar RIM., (2024), African Journal of Ecology, 62

Editorial: The adaptive role of musicality in human evolution

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Bannan N. et al, (2024), Frontiers in Psychology, 15

Lifehistory Trade-Offs Influence Women’s Reproductive Strategies

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Dunbar RIM. and Grainger S., (2024), Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

The social brain hypothesis–thirty years on

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Dunbar RIM., (2024), Annals of Human Biology, 51

Why cartoons make (some of) us smile

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Dunbar RIM. and Stirling-Middleton E., (2024), Humor

Stability of the personal relationship networks in a longitudinal study of middle school students.

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Escribano D. et al, (2023), Sci Rep, 13

Four errors and a fallacy: pitfalls for the unwary in comparative brain analyses.

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Dunbar RIM. and Shultz S., (2023), Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 98, 1278 - 1309

Fractal structure of human and primate social networks optimizes information flow

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West BJ. et al, (2023), Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 479

The stability of transient relationships.

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Hidd VV. et al, (2023), Sci Rep, 13

Only empathy-related traits, not being mimicked or endorphin release, influence social closeness and prosocial behavior.

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Rauchbauer B. et al, (2023), Sci Rep, 13

Does believing something to be fiction allow a form of moral licencing or a 'fictive pass' in understanding others' actions?

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Thompson J. et al, (2023), Front Psychol, 14

Six good reasons why understanding religion requires a multidisciplinary approach: response to commentators

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Dunbar RIM., (2023), Religion, Brain and Behavior

The Evolutionary Role of Dance: Group Bonding But Not Prosocial Altruism

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Tarr B. and Dunbar RIM., (2023), Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

The origins and function of musical performance.

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Dunbar RIM., (2023), Front Psychol, 14

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