According to the researchers, the social mindset afforded by cooperative breeding may have also set the stage for the evolution of language. (newscientist.com)
What you do need, he claims, is the motivation and skills that allow you to share information with others, which he believes come from cooperative breeding. (newscientist.com)
A team led by biologist Andrew Russell of the University of Sheffield, U.K., set out to evaluate the costs and benefits of cooperative breeding in the superb fairy - wren of southeastern Australia. (sciencemag.org)