" Gossip has also been identified by Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary biologist, as aiding social bonding in large groups.

* Robin Dunbar, Coevolution of neocortical size, group size and language in humans ( pre-publication version ) " Analysis of a sample of human conversations shows that about 60 % of time is spent gossiping about relationships and personal experiences.

In 2011 the list included Nicholas Humphrey, Tim Ingold and Steve Rayner, whereas in 2012 Robin Dunbar, Kevin Warwick and Margaret Boden were featured.

Costner's roles include Lt. John J. Dunbar in the film Dances with Wolves, Jim Garrison in JFK, Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams, Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Crash Davis in Bull Durham, Robert " Butch " Haynes in A Perfect World, Frank Farmer in The Bodyguard, Lt. Cmdr.

Robin Dunbar suggests a link between primate grooming and the development of human language.

According to a study by Robin Dunbar at the University of Liverpool, primate brain size is determined by social group size.

Gossip, according to Robin Dunbar, does for group-living humans what manual grooming does for other primates — it allows individuals to service their relationships and so maintain their alliances on the basis of the principle, if you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

Hall in establishing a centre for primate studies, extending socio-ecological principles to primates, supervising doctoral projects and leading field research in Ethiopia on the Gelada Baboon and in Morocco on the Barbary Macaque, subsequently developed by Robin Dunbar and John Deag respectively.

Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar ( born June 28, 1947 ) is a British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist and a specialist in primate behaviour.

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The social brain hypothesis was proposed by British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, who argues that human intelligence did not evolve primarily as a means to solve ecological problems, but rather intelligence evolved as a means of surviving and reproducing in large and complex social groups.

Dunbar's number was first proposed by British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, who theorized that " this limit is a direct function of relative neocortex size, and that this in turn limits group size ... the limit imposed by neocortical processing capacity is simply on the number of individuals with whom a stable inter-personal relationship can be maintained.

* Robin Dunbar: How Many Friends Does One Person Need?