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Robin Dunbar

Robin Dunbar

Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar (born 28 June 1947) is a British biological anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, and specialist in primate behaviour. Dunbar is professor emeritus of evolutionary psychology of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. He is best known for formulating Dunbar's number, a measurement of the "cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships".

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Books by Robin Dunbar

How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Dunbar’s Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language

Other works by Robin Dunbar

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The Social Brain
The Social Brain
Business & Economics · 2023
How Religion Evolved
How Religion Evolved
Religion · 2022
Friends
Friends
Psychology · 2021
Evolution of Culture
Evolution of Culture
Social Science · 2019
Reproductive Decisions
Reproductive Decisions
Science · 2014