# n-socsci: a three-level social network among Hunter-Gatherer Societies

<< The new work reveals surprising similarities between the Agta of the Philippines and Mbendjele of the Republic of Congo. >>

<< In both places, individuals maintain a three-tiered social network that appears to buffer them against day-to-day shortfalls in foraging returns. >>

<< First is their immediate household, most often consisting of five or six individuals, second is a cluster of three to four closely related households who share food frequently, and third is the wider camp. >>

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-07/cp-whc071316.php

Mark Dyble, James Thompson, et al.
Networks of Food Sharing Reveal the Functional Significance of Multilevel Sociality in Two Hunter-Gatherer Groups. Current Biology, 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.064 Published: July 21, 2016

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.064