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Ultrasociality and the division of cognitive labor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2016

Nicholaus Samuel Noles  and
Judith Harmony Danovitch
Nicholaus Samuel Noles
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292. n.noles@louisville.edu j.danovitch@louisville.edu http://louisville.edu/psychology/noles http://louisville.edu/psychology/danovitch
Judith Harmony Danovitch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292. n.noles@louisville.edu j.danovitch@louisville.edu http://louisville.edu/psychology/noles http://louisville.edu/psychology/danovitch
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Abstract

Gowdy & Krall describe the development of ultrasociality in terms of economics and the division of labor. We propose that the division of cognitive labor allows humans to behave in an ultrasocial manner without the radical evolutionary changes that are experienced by other species, suggesting that species may traverse different paths to achieve ultrasociality.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e109
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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