Ageing is associated with profound changes in behaviour that could influence exposure and
susceptibility to infectious disease. As well as determining emergent patterns of infection …

Field studies of natural mammal populations present powerful opportunities to investigate
the determinants of health and aging using fine-grained observations of known individuals …

Age-related social selectivity is a process in which older humans reduce their number of
social partners to a subset of positive and emotionally fulfilling relationships. Although …

Social behavior plays an important role in supporting both psychological and physical health
across the lifespan. People's social lives change as they age, and the nature of these …

Individuals and societies are linked through a feedback loop of mutual influence.
Demographic turnover shapes group composition and structure by adding and removing …

Ageing affects many phenotypic traits, but its consequences for social behaviour have only
recently become apparent. Social networks emerge from associations between individuals …

Social adversity can increase the age-associated risk of disease and death, yet the
biological mechanisms that link social adversities to aging remain poorly understood. Long …

In this article, we argue that social systems with fission–fusion (FF) dynamics are best
characterized within a complex adaptive systems (CAS) framework. We discuss how …

Individual variation in complex social behavioral traits, like primate grooming, can be
influenced by the characteristics of the individual and those of its social group. To better …

Adverse experiences in early life are associated with aging-related disease risk and
mortality across many species. In humans, confounding factors, as well as the difficulty of …