Fission and troop size in a mountain baboon population

Coevolution of neocortical size, group size and language in humans

Robin Dunbar · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1993 · 2.3K citations

Brain Function, Neurolinguistics, Group Size +22

Why Are Diurnal Primates Living in Groups?

Carel P. van Schaik · Behaviour · 1983 · 1K citations

Primatology, Critical Test, Behavioral Sciences +11

Functional Significance of Social Grooming in Primates

Robin Dunbar · Folia Primatologica · 1991 · 681 citations

Primatology, Behavioral Sciences, Body Size +11

Neocortex Size, Group Size, and the Evolution of Language

Leslie C. Aiello, Robin Dunbar · Current Anthropology · 1993 · 602 citations

Language Evolution, Neurolinguistics, Language Symbiosis +6

Time: a hidden constraint on the behavioural ecology of baboons

Robin Dunbar · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1992 · 463 citations

Biology, Animal Behaviour, Foraging +3