It's a wonderful life: Signaling generosity among the Ache of Paraguay

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-282

  Gurven, Michael ^a   Allen Arave, Wesley ^a   Hill, Kim ^a   Hurtado, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Food sharing; Generosity; Hunter gatherers; Reputation; Status quest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034215531     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(00)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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