Robin Dunbar: Dunbar’s number is the number of meaningful and stable relationships you can have at any one time. That includes extended family as well as friends. In fact, people who come from ...

In it, British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar asserts that the benefits of a circle of close friends far outweigh those of any single relationship, and that maintaining ...

But the question is: does a group of teen friends really work? Or does one or the other always remain a little aloof? Let’s ...

but only a small number of those friends can be counted on during tough times -- according to a study by Oxford University psychology professor Robin Dunbar. Dunbar is also known for coming up ...

The Oxford professor for whom it is named, Robin Dunbar, dismissed the findings as “absolutely bonkers.” By Jenny Gross LONDON — Just how many friends can one person have? In a 1993 study ...

We only have 4 real friends, and 14 that care at all. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Latest videos In the early '90s, anthropologist Robin Dunbar proposed that a human being has the capacity to have ...

Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary anthropology ... staying in contact at least once per year and knowing how friends relate to others--with about 150 people. Until recently, it was ...

No, Facebook friends don’t count ... less socially promiscuous and invest your time in these people,” added Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford ...

Maintaining friendships is one of the most cognitively demanding things we do, according to Professor of Evolutionary Psychology Robin Dunbar ... to the number of real friends we can have ...