New study deconstructs Dunbar's number (number of friends)

An individual human can maintain stable social relationships with about 150 people, not more. This is the proposition known as 'Dunbar's number' - that the architecture of the human brain sets an upper limit on our social lives. A new study indicates that a cognitive limit on human group sizes cannot be derived in this manner.

from Relationships News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210504211054.htm