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#604 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Story Of Human Friendship
Modern Wisdom
Do You Know How to Live in Groups?
The stresses incurred from bumping up against folks is what drives this tendency for mammals in general not to live socially. The horse family the elephants the dolphins the camels especially the south american camelids they form permanent stable groups multi-generational stable groups that don't on the whole lose individuals particularly easily usually because it's quite difficult to go and join another group so the only way they can become smaller is by breaking up into two which is what they do. once the offspring adults they they effectively become anonymous members of of the herd and go their own way.
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