17 abril, 2008

the tipping point


Humans socialise in the largest groups of all primates because we are the only animals with brains large enough to handle the complexities of that social arrangement... If you plug in the neocortex ratio for Homo sapiens, you get a group estimate of 147.8 - or roughly 150. The figure of 150 seems to represent the maximum number of individuals with whom we can have a genuinely social relationship, the kind of relationship that goes with knowing who they are and how they relate to us.

¿Logrará la especie aumentar ese número pese a la limitación de hardware?

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