Highlights•Some paper wasps have highly developed social cognition, while others lack
aspects of such traits.•Variability in social cognition across wasps make them an ideal model …

Major evolutionary transitions (METs) across Earth's biological history describe fusions of
lower-level entities into higher-level individuals (evolutionary transitions in individuality …

Social structure can emerge from hierarchically embedded scales of movement, where
movement at one scale is constrained within a larger scale (eg among branches, trees …

Objective: This narrative review aims to dissect the complex interplay between cultural
influences, social structures, and family systems, highlighting how cultural contexts shape …

Eusocial Hymenoptera are often characterized by having facultatively or obligately sterile
worker castes. However, findings across an increasing number of species are that some …

Multilevel vertebrate societies, characterised by nested social units, allow individuals to
perform a wide range of tasks in cooperation with others beyond their core social unit. In …

Social structure often emerges from hierarchically embedded scales of movement. For
example, forest-dwelling bats switch their associates when moving between trees within …

Un equipo de biólogos, liderado por la Profesora Seirian Sumner, una científica británica de
University College London (Reino Unido), cuyo interés radica en la evolución molecular y …