social structure

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The northern and southern residents are both picky eaters — Chinook salmon, please! — and they have similar social structures, living in large matrilineal groups and sharing their food with their family.

From Seattle Times

The researchers suggest mom’s favoritism toward her boys evolved because of the particular social structure of these pods.

From Science Magazine

Beyond just longevity, these hairless rodents also exhibit one of the most complex social structures known in mammals: a queen mole rat and castes of nonbreeding workers cooperatively live together in subterranean burrows.

From Scientific American

On the other hand, people who lived in more mobile societies with diverse food sources and more flexible social structures fared better, cooperating with each other to survive.

From Salon

Their social structure is not all that different.

From Salon