Animal movement comes in a variety of 'types' including small foraging movements, larger
one-way dispersive movements, seasonally-predictable round-trip migratory movements …

Simple Summary With regard to their high adaptability to human settlements and global
distribution, corvid birds (crows, ravens, jays, etc.) are good models to understand the …

In the last decades, the assumption that complex social life is cognitively challenging, and
thus can drive mental evolution, has received much support from empirical studies in …

Abstract The earlier Gravettian of Southern Moravia—the Pavlovian—is notable for the many
raven bones (Corvus corax) documented in its faunal assemblages. On the basis of the rich …

Dominance hierarchies typically emerge in systems where group members regularly
encounter and compete for resources. In birds, the 'open'and dynamic structure of foraging …

The influence of fission-fusion dynamics, ie, temporal variation in group size and
composition, on social complexity has been studied in large-brained mammals that rely on …

The investigation of prosocial behavior is of particular interest from an evolutionary
perspective. Comparisons of prosociality across non-human animal species have, however …

Although social animals frequently make decisions about when or with whom to cooperate,
little is known about the underlying mechanisms of partner choice. Most previous studies …

To explain reciprocity, direct or indirect, several proximate mechanisms have been
proposed, yet little attention has been given to the specific underlying cognitive …

Like many predatory species, humans have pronounced individual differences in their
interactions with potential prey: some humans pose a lethal threat while others may provide …