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Primate Social Organization Evolved from a Flexible Pair-Living Ancestor
C.-A. Olivier, J. S. Martin, C. Pilisi…·C. Schradin
The paper challenges the assumption that ancestral primates were solitary, showing that pair-living was likely the ancestral social organization with 15-20% of individuals being solitary.
DOI 10.1101/2022.08.29.505776