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Original Research

Accepted on 21 May 2025

Brain development in a facultatively social allodapine bee aligns with caste, but not group living

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Simon M. Tierney
Sarah Jaumann
Oliver Hightower
Adam R Smith

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1603824

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2025

Self-directed and prosocial wound care, snare removal, and hygiene behaviors amongst the Budongo chimpanzees

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Elodie Freymann
Catherine Hobaiter
Michael Alan Huffman
Harmonie Klein
Geresomu Muhumuza
Vernon Reynolds
Nora E. Slania
Adrian Soldati
Eguma Robert Yikii
Klaus Zuberbühler

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2025.1540922

8,431 views

General Commentary

Published on 11 Apr 2024

Commentary: Human brains have shrunk: the questions are when and why

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Liberato De Caro

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2024.1368347

3,427 views

Correction

Published on 19 Sep 2023

Corrigendum: Editorial: Neuroethology of the colonial mind: ecological and evolutionary context of social brains

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

J. Frances Kamhi
Mathieu Lihoreau
Sara Arganda

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2023.1263363

1,242 views

Opinion

Published on 31 Aug 2023

The semantics of stability: evolutionarily stable strategy in biology and economics literature

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

David Chun Yin Li

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2023.1229093

2,753 views
1 citation

Perspective

Published on 22 Jun 2023

Human brains have shrunk: the questions are when and why

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Jeremy DeSilva
Luke Fannin
Isabelle Cheney
Alexander Claxton
Iulian Ilieş
Jessica Kittelberger
Jeff Stibel
James Traniello

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2023.1191274

24,978 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 02 Jun 2023

Physiological and developmental mechanism of regressive molt in a damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Kenta Kobayashi
Kohei Oguchi
Toru Miura

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2023.1200081

2,295 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 May 2023

Kin selection in interactions between gametes: Gamete competition, gamete limitation, and sex allocation

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Lauri Myllymaa
Jussi Lehtonen

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2023.1112433

2,838 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 09 Jan 2023

Succession of the microbiota in the gut of reproductives of Macrotermes subhyalinus (Termitidae) at colony foundation gives insights into symbionts transmission

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Michel Diouf
Vincent Hervé
Sophie Fréchault
Josie Lambourdière
Abdoulaye Baïla Ndiaye
Edouard Miambi
Amélia Bourceret
My Dung Jusselme
Marc-André Selosse
Corinne Rouland-Lefèvre

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.1055382

3,225 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 09 Jan 2023

A stakeholder perspective on social stability risk of public–private partnerships project for water environmental governance in China: A social network analysis

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Wenke Wang
Xinlin Guo
Qilin Cao
Aomei Tang

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.1022383

2,989 views
5 citations

Mini Review

Published on 06 Jan 2023

What is really social about social insect cognition?

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Laure-Anne Poissonnier
Catherine Tait
Mathieu Lihoreau

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.1001045

3,755 views
5 citations

Editorial

Published on 19 Dec 2022

Editorial: Social evolution and the what, when, why and how of the major evolutionary transitions in the history of life

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Peter Nonacs
Kaleda K. Denton
Amanda N. Robin
Heikki Helanterä
Karen M. Kapheim

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.1109484

1,536 views
3 citations

Editorial

Published on 24 Oct 2022

Editorial: Neuroethology of the colonial mind: Ecological and evolutionary context of social brains

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

J. Frances Kamhi
Mathieu Lihoreau
Sara Arganda

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.1058611

1,795 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Sep 2022

Genetic correlations and causal effects of fighting ability on fitness traits in cattle reveal antagonistic trade-offs

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Beniamino Tuliozi
Francesco Tiezzi
Ivana Schoepf
Enrico Mancin
Nadia Guzzo
Roberto Mantovani
Cristina Sartori

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.972093

2,263 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 29 Sep 2022

Effects of multiple cropping of farmland on the welfare level of farmers: Based on the perspective of poverty vulnerability

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Jiquan Peng
Lili Chen
Bingwen Yu
Xiaohan Zhang
Zenghui Huo

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.988757

3,248 views
5 citations

Opinion

Published on 29 Jul 2022

Did the transition to complex societies in the Holocene drive a reduction in brain size? A reassessment of the DeSilva et al. (2021) hypothesis

in Evolutionary Ecology of Social Behavior

Brian Villmoare
Mark Grabowski

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.963568

22,720 views
7 citations