Reciprocal altruism in human social evolution: The viability of reciprocal altruism with a preference for "old-helping-partners"

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-278

  De Vos, Henk ^a   Zeggelink, Evelien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Evolution; Group altruism; Reciprocal altruism; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031115804     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3095(99)80002-6     Document Type: Article

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