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Early Social Networks Predict Survival in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins Margaret A. Stanton1,2*, Janet Mann1,3 1 Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America, 2 Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America, 3 Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America Abstract A fundamental question concerning group-living species is what factors influence the evolution of sociality. Although several studies link adult social bonds to fitness, social patterns and relationships are often formed early in life and are also likely to have fitness consequences, particularly in species with lengthy developmental periods, extensive social learning, and early social bond-formation. In a longitudinal study of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.), calf social network structure, specifically the metric eigenvector centrality, predicted juvenile survival in males. Additionally, male calves that died post- weaning had stronger ties to juvenile males than surviving male calves, suggesting that juvenile males impose fitness costs on their younger counterparts. Our study indicates that selection is acting on social traits early in life and highlights the need to examine the costs and benefits of social bonds during formative life history stages. Citation: Stanton MA, Mann J (2012) Early Social Networks Predict Survival in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47508. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0047508 ´ Editor: Gabriele Sorci, CNRS, Universite de Bourgogne, France Received May 29, 2012; Accepted September 17, 2012; Published October 15, 2012 Copyright: 2012 Stanton, Mann. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributi