Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective
Abstract
Conversation is a uniquely human phenomenon. Analyses of freely forming conversations indicate that approximately two thirds of conversation time is devoted to social topics, most of which can be given the generic label gossip. This article first explores the origins of gossip as a mechanism for bonding social groups, tracing these origins back to social grooming among primates. It then asks why social gossip in this sense should form so...
Paper Details
Title
Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective
Published Date
Jun 1, 2004
Journal
Volume
8
Issue
2
Pages
100 - 110
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