The social complexity hypothesis posits that living in a complex social system requires complex communication skills. Complexity and uncertainty being linked, I have tested this hypothesis by comparing several primate species that differ by the degree of uncertainty of their social interactions. First, I elaborated tools to measure three components of system complexity (diversity, flexibility, combinability). I developed a procedure to objectively assess diversity and flexibility using clustering algorithms.Then, I used this method to study the vocalisations emitted by adult females in four species of macaques: two tolerant species (Tonkean & crested macaques) and two intolerant species (Japanese & rhesus macaques). I found marked contrasts...
There is no doubt that different factors determine the evolutionary trajectory of a species' communi...
International audienceAnimal vocal communication, as human language, is primarily a social act. It i...
International audienceAccording to the "social complexity hypothesis", social systems characterized ...
The social complexity hypothesis posits that living in a complex social system requires complex comm...
Abstract: The ‘social complexity hypothesis for communicative complexity’ posits that living in a co...
International audienceThe 'social complexity hypothesis for communicative complexity' posits that li...
International audienceAccording to the "social complexity hypothesis", social systems characterized ...
We tested the social complexity hypothesis which posits that animals living in complex social enviro...
The social complexity hypothesis for communicative complexity posits that animal societies with more...
There is no doubt that different factors determine the evolutionary trajectory of a species' communi...
International audienceAnimal vocal communication, as human language, is primarily a social act. It i...
International audienceAccording to the "social complexity hypothesis", social systems characterized ...
The social complexity hypothesis posits that living in a complex social system requires complex comm...
Abstract: The ‘social complexity hypothesis for communicative complexity’ posits that living in a co...
International audienceThe 'social complexity hypothesis for communicative complexity' posits that li...
International audienceAccording to the "social complexity hypothesis", social systems characterized ...
We tested the social complexity hypothesis which posits that animals living in complex social enviro...
The social complexity hypothesis for communicative complexity posits that animal societies with more...
There is no doubt that different factors determine the evolutionary trajectory of a species' communi...
International audienceAnimal vocal communication, as human language, is primarily a social act. It i...
International audienceAccording to the "social complexity hypothesis", social systems characterized ...