About the Authors

Simon DeDeo

Affiliations Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America, Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan

David C. Krakauer

Affiliation Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Jessica C. Flack

jflack@santafe.edu

Affiliations Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCF. Performed the experiments: JCF. Analyzed the data: SD JCF. Wrote the paper: SD DCK JCF. Contributed to design of simulations: SD DCK JCF. Coded the simulations: SD. Contributed to data analysis: DCK.