Spotted hyena

Spotted hyena

if social brain hypothesis robust then selection should promote convergent evolution of social intelligence in animal taxa in same complex social environment
live in permanent socially complex groups
1. multi male/female
  1. fission fusion
    1. maternal rank inheritance
      1. overlapping generations
      2. infant rank immediately below mother
        young ascending repro value
        mother help in interventions and resource competition
      3. HR repro age earlier
        less vulnerable to food flactuations
      4. male rank adjacent to mother, omega in new clan
remember outcomes of earlier interactions
1. 3rd party recog
  1. support HR in each situation
    1. redirect aggression to opponents kin more often after conflict
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	Created by arashi0712 about 11 years ago