Turtle hunting and tombstone opening: Public generosity as costly signaling

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 245-261

  Smith, Eric Alden ^a   Bliege Bird, Rebecca L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Costly signaling; Food sharing; Foraging; Torres Strait Islanders

Indexed keywords

TESTUDINES;

EID: 0034216104     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(00)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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