“…Another difference is that, whereas coercion in insect societies usually has indirect inclusive-fitness benefits, in social vertebrates and mutualisms it usually provides direct benefits [53,54]. For example, in mutualisms, individuals can terminate interactions with uncooperative partners, thereby focusing interactions onto more cooperative partners [53,54,56]. Similarly, in social vertebrates, punishment can have direct benefits to the punishing individual, such as by inducing the victim to behave more cooperatively in the future [50].…”