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A conceptual guide to studying multilevel societies

2025-11-10

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1. Multilevel societies—social systems composed of multiple nested social units—have long intrigued scholars in anthropology, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary biology. Classically described in mammals, new evidence shows that multilevel societies are more widespread across taxa than previously acknowledged, raising both conceptual and methodological challenges for comparative research. 2. We propose a taxonomi...

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51f5fed1-09a4-5408-a879-94c2ea81cc21
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10.32942/x2x369
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