Cercopithecines have a highly conserved social structure with strong female bonds and stable, maternally inherited linear dominance hierarchies. This system has been ascribed to the pervasiveness of female philopatry within the typical multi-male, multi-female social groups. We examined the relationship between female philopatry, dominance hierarchies, and reproduction in geladas (Theropithecus...

Social interactions among animals can take many forms. While some animals are known to cooperate with each other, others are characterised by dominance hierarchies. This thesis is concerned with the study of these two forms of social organisation amongst animal groups. We model the problem using a game-theoretic framework. We investigate the evolution of animal behaviour under the influence of ...

Rapid urbanization in China has strengthened the connection and cooperation among cities and has also led urban residents to be more vulnerable in adverse environmental conditions. Vulnerability research has been an important foundation in urban risk management. To make cities safe and resilient, it is also necessary to integrate the connection among cities into a vulnerability assessment. Ther...

Bolivian migrants in Brazil are commonly categorised as ‘indians’ who ‘enslaved’ São Paulo's garment industry. Simultaneously, self-identified indigenous peoples Brazilian urban centres constantly challenged to the authenticity of their claims indigeneity. This article explores racialisation based on an ethnography two street markets Paulo, social and spatial mobilities articulate race class hi...

UNLABELLED Social hierarchy is an ubiquitous principle of social organization across animal species. Although some progress has been made in our understanding of how humans infer hierarchical identity, the neuroanatomical basis for perceiving key social dimensions of others remains unexplored. Here, we combined event-related potentials and structural MRI to reveal the neuroanatomical substrates...