Evolutionarily Primitive Social Entities

A new arXiv paper titled 'Evolutionarily Primitive Social Entities' argues that social structures in non-human animals are fundamentally reducible to shared individual intentions. Author Angelica Kaufmann proposes that collective intentionality—the capacity for shared goals—creates social reality. The paper, submitted to the Neurons and Cognition category, suggests even primitive animals can form basic social entities through coordinated action plans. This challenges traditional views of social complexity and could impact AI models of collective behavior.