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The last twenty years has seen a major effort, theoretical and observational, to understand the evolution of animal societies. In this essay, I first discuss what level of intelligence is assumed in our theories, and what level is revealed by our observations. I then ask what qualitative differences exist between animal and human societies, and in what ways these differences depend on human intelligence.
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© 1988 John Maynard Smith
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Smith, J.M. (1988). The Evolution of Animal Intelligence. In: Did Darwin Get It Right?. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7862-4_21
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