Christopher X J. Jensen
Professor, Pratt Institute

All it takes to get a little specialized is a small increase in group size…

Posted 30 Aug 2018 / 0

NatureFitness benefits and emergent division of labour at the onset of group living

Another Corina Tarnita study that elegantly converts empirical observations into an insightful model. If it doesn’t take a lot for already-social species to harness the power of “division of labor”, that begs an important question: why don’t more species show this sort of specialization?

A Minor Post, Cooperation, Group Selection

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