Ultrasociality and the sexual divisions of labor

Pamela Lyon; Linnda Caporael

doi:10.1017/S0140525X15000989

Ultrasociality and the sexual divisions of labor

Pamela Lyon, Linnda Caporael

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The ultrasociality thesis proposes that the same “mechanistic evolutionary forces” may be at work in the evolution of insect eusociality and human ultrasociality in relation to agriculture. Wide variation in the reproductive division of labor among differing highly social phyla points to a resemblance of outcomes arising from very different selective environments and possibly different forces.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-29
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15000989
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Ultrasociality and the sexual divisions of labor

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