Family Livers but Not Yet Babysitters (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Family Livers but Not Yet Babysitters

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Siberian jays are not cooperative breeders but they have taken what new research suggests is the first step toward cooperation: living in family groups. The addition of this intermediate step may resolve a long-running battle over the evolution of sociality.

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Fabrizio Moglia

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